A member of the Special Inspection Group from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) talks with an illegal miner while he is detained during an operation against illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous land, Roraima state, Brazil, December 6, 2023. A year after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared a humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami and vowed zero tolerance for illegal mining, environmental enforcers warn that Brazil is jeopardizing last year's hard-won progress, when about 80 percent of roughly 20,000 wildcatters were ousted from the Portugal-sized reservation. As the Brazilian military has rolled back its support for the government crackdown, the gold-seeking miners have come back, they say, making fresh incursions into Yanomami land. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
