A total of 287 hair samples from individuals of various age groups, including children and the elderly, were examined. 84% of them showed levels exceeding 2.0 µg/g.
Initiatives must focus on assistance in Brazil’s largest indigenous area, as well as plans to fight illegal mining. The region lies on the border between Brazil and Venezuela, and has military bases in it.
The monitoring was carried out with the help of satellite images from Imazon. The reduction observed in 2023 was said to have “surpassed the overall drop in deforestation,” which was down 62% between 2022 and 2023.
The president met with ministers a year after the humanitarian crisis in the Yanomami indigenous territory came to light.
The mining-affected groups were primarily indigenous people (15.1%), workers (12.1%), urban population (9.7%), and small rural landowners (8.3%), the report reads.
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