e360.yale.edu Turning the tide on the relentless destruction of Cambodia's forests Photographer Sean Gallagher shows how timber and agribusiness companies are ravaging lands that are supposedly protected and how Indigenous people are trying to stop the destruction.
Politics e360.yale.edu More than 200 environmental activists and land defenders murdered in 2019 That's the highest number of such killings on record for a single year.
Politics theintercept.com Ranchers emboldened by Bolsonaro are destroying a pioneering project to save the Amazon The American Catholic nun Dorothy Stang died defending a sustainable development model for the Amazon. Can her legacy survive in Bolsonaro’s Brazil?
Politics www.washingtonpost.com Brazil’s Bolsonaro calls Amazon deforestation ‘cultural,’ says it ‘will never end’ The pro-development president shrugged off government data showing deforestation reached an 11-year high on his watch.
Politics www.nationalgeographic.com Murder in the Amazon heightens fears for isolated tribes Alarm spreads among indigenous rights activists and forest defenders as intruders breach the boundaries of protected lands in Brazil.
