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Illegal mining starts to shift from the Amazon to the Cerrado, Brazilian ministry reports

After invaders were removed from the Yanomami, Kayapó, Munduruku, and other protected Indigenous lands in the Amazon, business groups are shifting their illegal operations further south, to the Sararé Indigenous Land in the state of Mato Grosso.

https://reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/12/illegal-mining-starts-to-shift-from-the-amazon-to-the-cerrado-brazilian-ministry-reports/