2016•Anuário do Instituto de GeociênciasOpen access

Small Scale Gold Mining In The XXI Century. Examples in the South-West Brazilian Amazon

Maria Célia Nunes Coelho, Luiz Jardim Wanderley, Rogério Caetano da Costa

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In this article we discuss the trend of extinction of the traditional small scale gold mining (informal or illegal) in the Brazilian Amazon. In the case of southwestern Amazon, public policies adopted, which include stimulating cooperativism, did not contribute to the solution the problem of small scale mining informality and illegality.

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Key concepts: Amazon rainforest, Gold mining, Scale (ratio), Extinction (optical mineralogy), Gold rush, Geography, Political science, Archaeology