Brazilian Amazon gold
Indigenous land rights under risk
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19568280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Villén‐Pérez (0000-0003-1832-1817, Universidad de Alcalá), Paulo Moutinho (0000-0003-0596-1823, Environmental Research Institute), Caroline Corrêa Nóbrega (0000-0002-0482-2218, Environmental Research Institute), Paulo De Marco Júnior (0000-0002-3628-6405, Universidade Federal de Goiás), Paulo De Marco |
| Editors | Steven Allison (0000-0003-4629-7842) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Elementa Science of the Anthropocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2325-1026 • E-ISSN: 2325-1026 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/elementa.427 |
| OpenAlex | W3042135961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 41 |
Brazilian indigenous lands prevent the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest while protecting the land rights of indigenous peoples. However, they are at risk because they overlap with large areas of registered interest for mining. Indigenous lands have been in the spotlight of the pro-development wing of the parliament for decades, and the current president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, promised that he would open up these territories for exploitation. Recently, bill PL191/2020 was released to downgrade the protection status of indigenous lands by regulating mining activities in these territories. Mining operations have an unavoidable socio-environmental impact on indigenous communities that is difficult to compensate. First, rapid demographic growth associated with the incoming migrant workforce often causes social disruption and threat indigenous societies. Moreover, sustained pollution related to mining procedures and accidental spills largely degrade the environment and imperil indigenous health. Finally, mining operations drive deforestation both within and beyond their operational boundaries. Mining is already an essential determinant of forest loss in the Amazon, where further deforestation may result in extended droughts with significant social and economic consequences. We conclude that, if mining operations were allowed in Brazilian indigenous lands, indigenous peoples would be imperiled along with regional and global climate and economies
Amazon rainforest · Business · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Geography · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Natural resource economics · Rainforest · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Mining and Resource Management · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |