Brazil: Indigenous communities battle illegal gold miners on ancestral lands

Brazil: Indigenous communities battle illegal gold miners on ancestral lands

The COP26 summit opens in Brazil at a time when vast swathes of the Amazon has suffered untold environmental damage as it comes under threat from illegal gold mining. Greenpeace said more than 4,200 hectares of protected rainforest has been cut down in the last two years in the search for the precious metal. That’s an area the size of Manhattan. But Indigenous communities are taking up arms and fighting back against the illegal trade.

Cowichan Tribes calls illegal dumping a 'generational, systemic' problem and urges federal action

Cowichan Tribes is calling on the federal government to take responsibility for an unauthorized dumping site on its reserve lands, saying the contamination of Indigenous lands is a national issue that Ottawa has long failed to address.