This month Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro proposed a new bill promoting mining, expanded agriculture, and energy production on indigenous lands in the Amazon. Accordingly, private developers as well as private hedge funds will occupy and develop land that’s been home to indigenous people for thousands of years. Meantime during Bolsonaro’s first full year in office, More
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Statistic of the Decade: The Massive Deforestation of the Amazon
Since 2010, mile upon mile of rainforest has been replaced with a wide range of commercial developments, including cattle ranching, logging and the palm oil industry… This year, I was on the
Source: Statistic of the Decade: The Massive Deforestation of the Amazon | Common Dreams Views
Holiday Jewelry Presents Could Be Contributing to Deforestation in the Amazon
What many don’t know is that recent deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon has been driven by demand for gold. The price of gold is currently $1,467.76 per ounce at the time of writing, a dramatic increase from approximately $400 per ounce in 2000. Gold for jewelry is responsible for around 50 percent of global demand for gold.In the last eight years, more than 249 square miles of forest have been cleared for gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon with more than 70 square miles in the last two years (2017 and 2018).
Source: Holiday Jewelry Presents Could Be Contributing to Deforestation in the Amazon
The Amazon at a Tipping Point
The Amazon rainforest is a crucial life-support ecosystem. Without its wondrous strength and power to generate hydrologic systems across the sky (as far north as Iowa), absorb and store carbon (CO2), and its miraculous life-giving endless supply of oxygen, civilization would cease to exist beyond scattered tribes, here and there. More
Climate Talks in Madrid: What Will It Take to Prevent Climate Collapse?
The two-week marathon of the annual UN climate conference is underway in Madrid, and the world’s expectations have perhaps never been lower. The Amazon is burning and unprecedented storms are raging worldwide, but the world’s climate diplomats are still mostly talking business-as-usual. Never mind that this year’s 25th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN More
Source: Climate Talks in Madrid: What Will It Take to Prevent Climate Collapse? – CounterPunch.org
Amazon Spent a Ton of Money on Seattle Elections. It Probably Wasn’t Worth It.
Money can’t buy everything!
Source: Amazon Spent a Ton of Money on Seattle Elections. It Probably Wasn’t Worth It. – Mother Jones
My Friend Was Murdered for Trying to Save the Amazon –
One result of Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency is that there are more eyes on the forest: of those wanting to steal it, but also of those wanting to protect it. It’s buzzing with all the attention, and the fatal fires now ravaging vast areas are now drawing many more. All these eyes on the Amazon are provoking fights, grabbing headlines and building resistance. All of us can be allies in this resistance, but we will never truly know what people like the Guardians of the Amazon face on a daily basis. More
Source: My Friend Was Murdered for Trying to Save the Amazon – CounterPunch.org
