The browning of one of Brazil's largest clearwater rivers, the Tapajos, is almost certainly due to the mud and sentiments churned up by increasing illegal gold mining, federal prosecutors and environmental activists said on Monday.
Once called the "Blue River" because of its pristine condition and clear waters, the Tapajos has drawn a rush of gold miners since 2019 as world prices soared and environmental enforcement faltered under Brazil's far-right government.
The silt in the water has kept bathers away from the white sandbanks of Alter do Chao, a popular resort in the lower Tapajos, a tributary that flows 1,300 miles to the Amazon. Satellite data shows that the increasing change in color of the Tapajos river coincides with the rapid increase in gold mining activity in the region, according to MapBiomas, a nongovernmental organization that tracks land use and deforestation in Brazil.
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