According to a new study from RAISG, in just five years, the Amazon could lose almost half of what it lost in the past two decades.
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The deforestation of the largest continuous area of forest in the Amazon
In the municipality of Altamira, Pará, almost 6,500 hectares of public forests were cut down in 2020. One of the people responsible deforested 60% of this area and did not stop even after being fined by Ibama.
Encouraged by Bolsonaro, mining requests on indigenous lands reach record numbers in 2020
Exclusive survey reveals 145 requests filed with the National Mining Agency as of November 3, the highest number in 24 years. A bill presented by President Bolsonaro would legalize activities currently prohibited by the Constitution. Image: operation against illegal mining in TI Kayapó, in 2017. Photo: Felipe Werneck/InfoAmazonia.
Rosalba: 5 indígenas amazónicas cuentan porqué las mujeres son clave para reforestar
Rosalba Castilla. Guainía “Vengo del Guainía, de la Comunidad de Coco Viejo, cerquita de Puerto Inírida. El resguardo tiene 5 comunidades, y en Coco Viejo somos solo 1 familia de 30 personas. Mi familia. Mi abuelo venía del alto Guainía, de la selva. Murieron él y mi abuela y aquí quedamos, y de estas artesanías […]