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If the Amazon forest disappears, there is nothing other countries can do to mitigate the effects of climate change. It will be the end of the world as we know it.
If the Amazon forest disappears, there is nothing other countries can do to mitigate the effects of climate change. It will be the end of the world as we know it.
Brazil’s Indigenous Fear ‘Ethnocide’ (New York Times)
Brazil’s Indigenous Fear ‘Ethnocide’ (New York Times)
Top scientists warn of an Amazon ‘tipping point’ (Washington Post)
Top scientists warn of an Amazon ‘tipping point’ (Washington Post)
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Forest Surges Most in a Decade (Bloomberg News)
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Forest Surges Most in a Decade (Bloomberg News)
Amazonia: The Human Impact (National Geographic)
Amazonia: The Human Impact (National Geographic)
The Amazon has more than 2000 illegal mining areas (in Portuguese)
The Amazon has more than 2000 illegal mining areas (in Portuguese)
Illegal Gold Rush Destroying Amazon Rainforest (in English)
Illegal Gold Rush Destroying Amazon Rainforest (in English)
The Núcleo de Pesquisas Lingüísticas has just published a couple of videos of one of the last Guató speakers still alive: Ms. Eufrásia Ferreira. (in Portuguese)
The international human rights group Global Witness, working with local partners, recorded 197 murders of environmental advocates last year. The highest numbers were in Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Nicaragua and the Philippines.