Mining on Indigenous Territories Brings Ecological Devastation, Land Invasions, and Renewed Cycles of Violence
Two new reports detail potential scale of harm caused by mining projects in Indigenous communities, including water pollution and increasing the spread of COVID-19
July 2, 2020
"We, the Yanomami people, have long been forced to live with the invasion of illegal mining. Miners are contaminating our rivers with mercury, carving out our lands, and killing our animals and our environment. Our health is poor as a result of drinking water contaminated by mining. Right now, they could potentially infect almost half of our people, who live in villages invaded by mining," said Dario Kopenawa Yanomami.