Environmentalists urge halt to gold rush along Amazon tributary

Hundreds of illegal gold-mining dredges converge in search of metal as one activists says 'it's as if we're living in Mad Max'Environmentalists are demanding urgent action to halt an aquatic gold rush along one of the Amazon River's largest tributaries, where hundreds of illegal gold-mining dredges have converged in search of the precious metal.The vast flotilla - so large one local website compared it to a floating neighbourhood - reportedly began forming on the Madeira River earlier this month after rumours a large gold deposit had been found in the vicinity. Continue reading...