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One of the world’s biggest carbon sinks is at risk from oil exploration, and potential financiers of the project risk being exposed to corruption, says a new report from Global Witness.

Up to 10,000 goldminers have invaded Yanomami lands in northern Brazil, spreading malaria in the region and polluting many of the rivers with mercury.

The Arctic railway would facilitate the opening of mines and the development of the logging industry but would cut through the herding areas of the indigenous Sámi people.

The Woodland Trust anticipates that eight areas of ancient woodland will be threatened by the Lower Thames Crossing.