ZEUS: Tracking crime in the Amazon with Igarape's Robert Muggah

New visualization tool shows the scope of crime causing deforestation as the world's largest carbon sink tips toward a net greenhouse gas emitter

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In Brazil, illegal gold mining not only damages the environment, it’s blamed for mercury poisoning, increased homicides, and displacement conflict along the Brazil-Venezuela border. Above, il…