"An increasing number of young Indigenous people in Brazil’s Yanomami Indigenous Territory are leaving their communities behind and turning to illegal gold mining, lured by the promise of small fortunes and a new lifestyle."

Read the full story from Victor Raison and Jean-Mathieu Albertini on Mongabay.

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https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/indigenous-youths-lured-by-the-illegal-mines-destroying-their-amazon-homeland/