Reposted by André Schröder
Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance to improve its capacity.
@schroder.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com
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@schroder.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com
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Amazon Indigenous groups fight soy waterway as Brazil fast-tracks dredging
The Tapajós supported Indigenous people for millennia, but now vessels, pollution and waves may disrupt their lives.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance to improve its capacity.
@schroder.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com
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@schroder.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com
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Reposted by André Schröder
Mining giant Vale has obtained a preliminary license for its Bacaba project, the first step toward doubling its copper production in the Brazilian Amazon over the next decade.
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@schroder.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
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Copper rush pushes Vale to ramp up mining near Amazonian protected areas
The metal needed in electric cars and solar panels comes with a high cost for Amazonian communities.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mining giant Vale has obtained a preliminary license for its Bacaba project, the first step toward doubling its copper production in the Brazilian Amazon over the next decade.
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"Under this ideology, illegal gold miners — as well as land invaders, illegal loggers and other newcomers — are seen as allies by the military because they cooperate with the occupation plan."
My new article for @mongabay.bsky.social edited by @alexdesanti.bsky.social.
My new article for @mongabay.bsky.social edited by @alexdesanti.bsky.social.
Reports show the military sabotaged airspace control and food deliveries to the Yanomami Indigenous people, who suffer from malnutrition as a result of mercury contamination from illegal mining.
By @schroder.bsky.social on @mongabay.bsky.social
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By @schroder.bsky.social on @mongabay.bsky.social
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How the Brazilian military sabotaged protection of Indigenous people in the Amazon
Reports show it failed (or sabotaged) airspace control and food deliveries to the Indigenous people, who suffer from malnutrition as a result of mercury contamination from illegal mining.
news.mongabay.com
September 16, 2024 at 4:58 PM
"Under this ideology, illegal gold miners — as well as land invaders, illegal loggers and other newcomers — are seen as allies by the military because they cooperate with the occupation plan."
My new article for @mongabay.bsky.social edited by @alexdesanti.bsky.social.
My new article for @mongabay.bsky.social edited by @alexdesanti.bsky.social.