Seconded By: Selaru Ovidiu,
The clandestine gold that circulates in the world leaves the lands where the Yanomami indigenous population lives and leaves a trail of misery, hunger, disease and death. The Yanomami are in the news due to malnutrition in their villages and the invasion of 25,000 miners into their territory. The land charred by predatory deforestation and the mercury that poisons the waters are part of a worldview that kills. The cheap labor of young people in the forest, manipulated by money from drug trafficking, is the newest face of the tragedy – and that is what the photography series “Amazon and the gold of hunger” is about. For two years I haven been embedded with Brazilian Federal police while storming illegal gold mining deep in Amazon rainforest, inside Yanomami indigenous territory. The images are a reflection of the hidden tragedy that is killing the first of us.
Amazon and the gold of hunger
During an operation carried out by the special operations group of the Federal Police with support from the Brazilian army in the fight against illegal mining in Yanomami indigenous land br Brazil Amazon rainforest - 2021
Amazon and the gold of hunger
Chasing by the Federal Police special forces from inside a Blackhawk to the helicopter working for illegal gold mining in Yanomami indigenous land br br Amazon Rainforest - July 2022
Amazon and the gold of hunger
Floating destroyed by Federal police that is used by illegal gold mining to extract gold from the Urariquera River Miners call this floating 1 million float due to the high cost of taking this machinery to this remote region of the forest br br Brazil Amazon rainforest - 2022
Amazon and the gold of hunger
Embedded with Special forces of Federal police during operation to storm illegal gold mining inside Yanomami indigenous territory br br Brazil Amazon rainforest - 2022
Amazon and the gold of hunger
Federal police special forces agents setting fire to houses used by gold miners in indigenous area br Brazil Amazon rainforest - 2021
Amazon and the gold of hunger
Machinery used in the middle of the Amazon rainforest to extract gold in Yanomami indigenous land br Brazil Amazon rainforest - 2022
Amazon and the gold of hunger
Devastation made by the Illegal gold mining in Yanomami indigenous land That place supposed to have a dense native forest br Amazon rainforest Brazil - 2021
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After the illegal gold mining is destroyed the indigenous people of the Yanomami ethnic group who live in the surroundings come in to occupy the area again br The devastation is impressive The environmental impact too polluted rivers devastated virgin forest The consequences agora far beyond imagination br Brazil Amazon rainforest - 2022
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Yanomami warriors chanting a war cry in their village on the banks of the Urariquera River a few days after being attacked by illegal miners using firearms who were devastating the indigenous territory in search of gold br Brazil Amazon rainforest Palimi - 2021
Amazon and the gold of hunger
Yanomami Indigenous that lives near by illegal gold mining deep in the forest br Brazil Amazon rainforest - 2022
