Monitoring System of Illegal Mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land - Scars in the Forest - Evolution of Illegal Mining in the

the accumulation of garbage along the river; the operation of floating dredgers and the consequent silting up of rivers; the movement of quadricycles in the Indigenous Land, opening mud roads on pre-existing trails used by indigenous people inside the forest, deteriorating sacred places and impacting the fauna and flora; and the existence of ‘perennial’ camps of non-indigenous people within the In. [...] Clandestine landing strip on the Parima River, YIL, December 2020 Photo © ISA/HAY Scars in the Forest Evolution of Illegal Mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land in 2020 In this region, overflights revealed the co- This, plus the pictures of the camps, with dozens of tents parallel to the river, reinforce existence of floating dredgers and dry land the idea that the exploration structure in the Pa. [...] 45 Scars in the Forest Evolution of Illegal Mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land in 2020 The increase in gold mining activity as a result of the interruption of territorial protection policies at the YIL 46 Scars in the Forest Evolution of Illegal Mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land in 2020 he resumption of the growth of gold mining at the Yanoma- The progressive increase of denunciations of. [...] 50 Scars in the Forest Evolution of Illegal Mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land in 2020 The solution to the problem of illegal gold mining in the Yanoma- of the airspace, especially aircraft overflights at the YIL; mi Indigenous Land, therefore, necessarily passes through the re- destruction of clandestine airstrips, and deployment of sumption of State policies to guarantee the permanent posses. [...] The presentation of an integrated plan for the total extinc- lated to gold mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land tion of mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land, provid- and in the Brazilian Amazon, identifying and holding ing for coordinated action between the Federal Police, the the main players responsible throughout the illegal Army, Ibama (Brazilian Institute of the Environment and chain that.