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Illegal mining threatens the Amazon and exposes Indigenous Peoples to COVID-19
Even during the pandemic, illegal miners continue to invade Indigenous lands in the Amazon, threatening the forest and exposing Indigenous People to COVID-19.
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How deforestation and cattle raising threaten biodiversity in Brazil
The Ricardo Franco State park is an example of how land-grabbers are invading protected land to raise cattle, putting unique species at risk of extinction.
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Global pulp and paper company linked to endangered Sumatran tiger’s death
A critically endangered Sumatran tiger was found trapped in a pulp concession operated by one of the world's biggest paper companies and died just days later.
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Land grabbers, loggers and miners don’t self-isolate
Illegal activities continue in Indigenous Peoples lands, posing not only a threat to their livelihoods and to the forest, but also to their health.
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Earth Day 2020
While we all are going through these strange times, let’s appreciate what we already have. We are lucky to be born on this magnificent planet.
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For my birthday, all I want is a healthy forest
Seeing the scale of forest destruction in my land and understanding the risks for the entire planet, celebrating my birthday has become more difficult in recent years.
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Tragic death of butterfly activists are reminder of dangers facing environmental defenders
We mourn the loss of Homero Gómez and Raúl Hernández, defenders of the Monarch butterfly and their homes. We condemn the violence against the environmental activists in their own home.
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Fact Check: Australia’s unprecedented fires are down to climate change, not arson
A lot of information has been circulating online that puts all the blame for Australia.
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Climate Emergency: The ravaging Australian fires
Hundreds of people stranded on a beach with fires raging in the background. Millions of hectares of the forest turning into ashes overnight. The loss of about a billion wildlife.
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Bolsonaro’s Christmas gift to perpetrators of illegal deforestation
Brazil president Bolsonaro gives criminals a gift of illegally occupied public land in the Amazon, in new decree signed this week.