Protected areas or threatened areas? The endless gold rush in the Indigenous Lands and Conservation Units of the Amazon – Executive Summary

Created by Instituto Escolhas, the study shows that more than 6 million hectares in Indigenous Lands and Conservation Units are threatened by the search for gold in the Legal Amazon. The document analyzes the gold prospecting requests (applications and permits) that have been filed with the National Mining Agency (Agência Nacional de Mineração – ANM) in Brazil, which indicates the interest in mining in these areas.