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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Constance Malleret in Rio de Janeiro

Hyundai urged to stop illegal miners using its machines in Amazon

Diggers clearing Indigenous land in the Amazon.
Diggers clearing Indigenous land in the Brazilian Amazon. Photograph: Marizilda Cruppe/Greenpeace

Hyundai is being urged to prevent its heavy machinery products from being used in illegal mining and environmental destruction in the Brazilian Amazon.

A report published by Greenpeace on Wednesday found the South Korean conglomerate’s excavators and other heavy machinery are precipitating the destruction of the rainforest and putting the survival of Indigenous populations at risk.

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