Bolsonaro`s Indigenous land mining policy a billion-dollar backfire
(WorldNews Environment)

Research has found a proposal to regulate mining of Indigenous lands in Brazil`s Amazon rainforest could affect more than 863,000 square kilometers of forest and harm the nation`s economy. Led by University of Queensland visiting Ph.D. student Juliana Siqueira-Gay, an international collaboration has warned that President Jair Bolsonaro`s 2020 bill to mine inside recognized Indigenous Lands would come at a cost. `Brazil`s Indigenous Lands are unbelievably valuable—socially, ecologically and economically,` Ms Siqueira-Gay said. `They`re a unique category of protected area, covering...