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Category: Deforestation

‘Do I deserve to die for speaking on behalf of a people?’

By 28 de October de 202024 de January de 2021

Eronilde Fermin is the chief of the Omágua Kambeba in São Paulo de Olivença, in the Brazilian Amazon. The following is an account of the struggle of unequal forces she faces when trying to guarantee indigenous education, medical care during the pandemic, and protection against invaders.

Saweto’s daughter, from Peru, persists in her fight for justice

By 20 de October de 202024 de January de 2021

Diana Ríos Rengifo took on the defense of the Peruvian Amazon after the murder of her father, a well-known Asheninka leader in the fight against illegal loggers. The trees in Saweto, a community located near the Peruvian border with Brazil, are highly coveted on the market and are threatened by indiscriminate logging.

Hortimio, the “Lord of the Earth”: Always at the Forefront in Cataniapo

By 18 de September de 202024 de January de 2021

Inspired by Wänä’cä, a leader who is mentioned in the ancestral songs of the Huöttöja people, Hortimio Ochoa is the visible face of defense of the Cataniapo hydrographic basin in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas. It is an area subject to increasingly evident pressure associated with mining, deforestation and the incursion of illegal armed groups

Amazon heroes who don’t give up

By 16 de September de 202024 de January de 2021

The Guardians of the Forest, a group of indigenous Guajajara in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, struggle to defend their land from invaders and to guarantee their survival in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Booming soy industry could threaten Brazil’s climate commitments

By 9 de May de 201619 de November de 2020

Soy production is booming — but researchers are warning that the soy industry’s rise could be the downfall of Brazil’s climate commitments.

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Amazon heroes who don’t give up

16 de September de 2020

‘Do I deserve to die for speaking on behalf of a people?’

28 de October de 2020

Saweto’s daughter, from Peru, persists in her fight for justice

20 de October de 2020

Hortimio, the “Lord of the Earth”: Always at the Forefront in Cataniapo

18 de September de 2020

Booming soy industry could threaten Brazil’s climate commitments

9 de May de 2016

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