Yanomami Indigenous Territory

Illegal Amazon mining and global supply chain fraud

2 clusters · 10 sources · last updated 3 days ago

Latest: Brazilian mining company supplied tin to U.S. defense industry

Investigations by the Brazilian Federal Police and the Federal Public Ministry, under ‘Operation Hephaestus Forgery’, have uncovered a scheme involving the illegal extraction and laundering of cassiterite from the Yanoma

Brazil Amazon and Cerrado deforestation trends 2026

12 clusters · 194 sources · last updated 5 days ago

Latest: Brazil: New socioeconomic data and study on deforestation

In the first half of 2026, satellite monitoring showed Amazon deforestation fell to 1,295 km², a 32% drop from the same period in 2025 and the lowest total since the DETER-B system began in 2016. Data for the period of A

Onchocerciasis control in Amazonian indigenous territories

2 clusters · 8 sources · last updated 26 days ago

Latest: Brazil exceeds WHO target for onchocerciasis treatment in Yanomami territory

Efforts to combat onchocerciasis, or “river blindness,” are underway in the Amazonian border regions of Venezuela and Brazil. In Venezuela, the Ministry of Health has deployed medical teams to 14 indigenous communities

Public health disease control in Brazil

2 clusters · 44 sources · last updated 28 days ago

Latest: Belém implements successful Dengue control model

Brazil has reported significant progress in controlling mosquito-borne and parasitic diseases through targeted public health interventions. Regarding malaria, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha stated the country achieve