Greenpeace finds 176 excavators on indigenous lands
NGO Greenpeace Brasil found 176 excavators in illegal mining sites on Yanomami, Kayapó, and Munduruku indigenous lands between 2021 and 2023. As stated in the report Parem as máquinas! Por uma Amazônia livre de garimpo (“Stop the Machines! For an Amazon Free from Mining”), 75 of them (42.6%) are from Hyundai HCE Brasil.With contributions from Greenpeace East Asia, the document notes that a single machine can cost over BRL 700 thousand—a great investment, as it can do in just one day what three people can do in 40. According to the NGO, the largest fleet of excavators was located in the Kayapó territory, which has been under disputes among loggers and steel companies.In 35 years, illegal mining soared 1,217 percent on indigenous lands in the Amazon, a study by Brazil’s National Institut...