by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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Heavy machinery manufactured by Korean company HD Hyundai<\/strong> Construction Equipment is being used for illegal gold mining<\/strong> in areas of native communities. This is the accusation made by Greenpeace East Asia in a report<\/a> released in recent weeks. The focus is on lands of the Kayap\u00f3, Munduruku and Yanomami peoples in particular. Which alone account for more than 90 percent of the indigenous territories degraded by illegal mining in the Brazilian<\/strong> Amazon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n “A total of 75 Hyundai excavators were identified on their Territories. The scale of this destructive activity has exploded in the Amazon forest in recent years,” says a statement<\/a> released by the environmental organization. “Between 2019 and 2021, the average area destroyed by mining within Indigenous Lands was 202% larger<\/strong> than the average of the previous ten years.”<\/p>\n