The Brazilian government has banned most land clearing for 60 days, in an attempt to stop the fires which have devastated parts of the Amazon rainforest. (Subscribe:
It's unlikely to assuage the worldwide concern over the huge number of fires which are continuing to rage throughout the Amazon rainforest.
But another drain on natural resources there - and one far less reported - is mining, especially illegal gold mining.
Our Latin America correspondent Guillermo Galdos has travelled near the town of Alta Floresta, in the Province of Mato Grosso - an area which has 30 listed gold mines, but where the number of illegal gold mines is believed to be far higher.
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