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Illegal Loggers Murder Amazon Forest Guardian

Illegal Loggers Murder Amazon Forest Guardian

Illegal loggers shot and killed an indigenous defender of Brazil‘s Amazon rainforest, the Guajajara tribe announced Saturday, as Reuters reported. Paulo Paulino Guajajara, in his 20s, was a member of the Guajajara group Guardians of the Forest, which was formed in 2012 to protect the Araribóia reservation in Brazil’s Maranhão state. In an interview with […]

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    Brazil Experts: A ‘Genocide Is Underway’ Against Uncontacted Tribes

    Brazil Experts: A ‘Genocide Is Underway’ Against Uncontacted Tribes

    By Jessica Corbett In an open letter to Brazilian society and right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, a group of experts warned that a “genocide is underway” against uncontacted tribes because of Bolsonaro’s efforts to strip away Indigenous peoples’ rights and lands and open up more of the Amazon rainforest to agribusiness and mining. The letter, released […]

    South America’s Second-Largest Forest Is Also Burning — and ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Charcoal Is Subsidizing Its Destruction

    South America’s Second-Largest Forest Is Also Burning — and ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Charcoal Is Subsidizing Its Destruction

    By Joel E. Correia The fires raging across the Brazilian Amazon have captured the world’s attention. Meanwhile, South America’s second-largest forest, the Gran Chaco, is disappearing in plain sight. The Gran Chaco, which spans from Bolivia and Brazil to Paraguay and Argentina, is extremely bio-diverse, with more than 3,400 plant and 900 animal species — […]

    At Least 500 Jaguars Lost Their Lives or Habitat in Amazon Fires

    At Least 500 Jaguars Lost Their Lives or Habitat in Amazon Fires

    By Shreya Dasgupta The fires ravaging the Amazon forest in Brazil and Bolivia this year have burned key habitats of at least 500 adult, resident jaguars as of Sept. 17, rendering them dead or homeless, say experts at Panthera, the global wild cat conservation organization. “The number of homeless or dead jaguars has undoubtedly increased […]

    Are the Amazon Fires a Crime Against Humanity?

    Are the Amazon Fires a Crime Against Humanity?

    By Tara Smith Fires in the Brazilian Amazon have jumped 84 percent during President Jair Bolsonaro’s first year in office and in July 2019 alone, an area of rainforest the size of Manhattan was lost every day. The Amazon fires may seem beyond human control, but they’re not beyond human culpability. Bolsonaro ran for president […]

    Why Indigenous Hunting Is Essential to Forest Sustainability

    Why Indigenous Hunting Is Essential to Forest Sustainability

    By Torsten Krause Many of us think of the Amazon as an untouched wilderness, but people have been thriving in these diverse environments for millennia. Due to this long history, the knowledge that Indigenous and forest communities pass between generations about plants, animals and forest ecology is incredibly rich and detailed and easily dwarfs that […]

    7 Amazon Rainforest Countries Sign Pact to Come Together in Response to Wildfires

    7 Amazon Rainforest Countries Sign Pact to Come Together in Response to Wildfires

    Seven Amazon countries signed a pact Friday to protect the world’s largest tropical rainforest in response to the record-breaking number of wildfires that have blazed through the Amazon rainforest this summer, Reuters reported. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname agreed to create a network to coordinate their responses to disasters like this summer’s […]

    Norway Urges Its Companies Not to Fund Amazon Deforestation

    Norway Urges Its Companies Not to Fund Amazon Deforestation

    Norway has urged its companies that actively do business in Brazil to make sure that they are not contributing to destruction of the Amazon rainforest, as Reuters reported. Norway’s Climate and Environment Minister Ola Elvestuen discussed the Amazon fires with representatives of the oil firm Equinor, fertilizer-producer Yara, and aluminum producer Norsk Hydro. The Norwegian […]