Amazonian Leaders Bring a Dark Message on Gold Trading to London
Representatives of the Yanomami, Krenak and Kambeba peoples of the Brazilian Amazon met with leaders in British academia and finance to give first-hand accounts of the hidden devastation behind commodity trading, highlighting the impacts that large, unchecked extraction of natural resources have on Indigenous communities.
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