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FILE - Brazil Environmental Agency helicopters fly over an illegal mining camp during an operation to try to contain the practice in Yanomami Indigenous territory, Roraima state, Brazil, Feb. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

FILE - Brazil Environmental Agency helicopters fly over an illegal mining camp during an operation to try to contain the practice in Yanomami Indigenous territory, Roraima state, Brazil, Feb. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

FILE - Brazil Environmental Agency helicopters fly over an illegal mining camp during an operation to try to contain the practice in Yanomami Indigenous territory, Roraima state, Brazil, Feb. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

FILE - Brazil Environmental Agency helicopters fly over an illegal mining camp during an operation to try to contain the practice in Yanomami Indigenous territory, Roraima state, Brazil, Feb. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

FILE - Dredging barges operated by illegal miners converge on the Madeira river, a tributary of the Amazon river, searching for gold, in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

FILE - Dredging barges operated by illegal miners converge on the Madeira river, a tributary of the Amazon river, searching for gold, in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)