rhamphotheca:

The Brazilian authorities have launched an operation to combat illegal gold-mining on the land of the Yanomami tribe.

‘Operation Korekore’ is set to last 30 days and aims to arrest approximately 200 illegal miners who are operating in one part of the tribe’s territory.

The operation’s ground squad has reportedly destroyed at least 20 illegal mining rafts and one airplane landing strip so far.

The Yanomami live in the Amazonian rainforest in northern Brazil and southern Venezuela. They depend on their forest for food and shelter and have voiced their outrage at the miners’ invasion…

Operation targets illegal gold-miners in Yanomami’s rainforest