Brazil’s environmental agency identifies ‘signs of environmental violations’ by mining company near Indigenous territory in Amazonas
Dead river dolphins and turtles were found in a river in the Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory; Ibama says ‘areas of exposed soil and mineral extraction’ extend beyond Mineração Taboca’s authorised area; company denies any link between its operations and water contamination
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Gold mining companies facing environmental lawsuits and fines got R$90 million in tax breaks
Without socio-environmental criteria, Brazilian tax incentive laws allow tax exemptions for gold mining companies in the Legal Amazon that have been fined for environmental violations and implicated in irregularities by oversight bodies
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