Gold sold on our high streets could be linked to the destruction of indigenous communities’ lives and the environment in the Brazilian Amazon.
The gold miners killed my uncle in 2009. They killed him because he didn't want gold mining in indigenous lands. They took him to a waterfall, they wrapped him in fabric and used stones to weigh him down.
The local population should have a special place at the table; they are concerned about their own future and that of their children, and can consider goals transcending immediate economic interest.
