Illegal gold mining in Brazil – level 1

Illegal gold mining in Brazil

10-09-2021 15:00

The Amazon is in Brazil. The Amazon is the largest forest in the world. Millions of special animals and plants are there. It is home to indigenous people.

Indigenous people live in and understand nature. They protect it. They live in the Amazon for hundreds of years.

Gold and other special rocks are under the ground in the Amazon. People take rocks from the ground. It is illegal to mine in the Amazon. Many illegal mines are there. People destroy the forest and rivers to make the mines. They bring sickness to the indigenous people.

The Brazilian president will change the law. It will be possible to mine in the Amazon. About 30% of gold comes from illegal mines now.

Difficult words: protect (to keep safe), illegal (against the law), mine (to take special rocks from the ground, and the place where you take the rocks).

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