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After two murders, a Brazilian Indigenous leader steps up the fight

After two murders, a Brazilian Indigenous leader steps up the fight

In an interview with e360, Beto Marubo, a leader of Brazil’s Indigenous Amazon people, discusses the recent murders of an activist and a journalist and excoriates President Jair Bolsonaro for opening Indigenous territories to a host of environmentally destructive activities.
The war for the rainforest

The war for the rainforest

Set aside for an isolated Indigenous group, the Brazilian preserve Ituna-Itatá has now been heavily deforested — a grim illustration of the intractable forces destroying the Amazon.
This sacred bean saved an indigenous clan from climate calamity
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This sacred bean saved an indigenous clan from climate calamity

Years after coal mining and a prolonged drought sapped their water and food supplies, an indigenous community in Colombia’s Guajira desert is rebounding thanks to a resilient legume.
Documents detail TigerSwan infiltration of Standing Rock
theintercept.com

Documents detail TigerSwan infiltration of Standing Rock

North Dakota’s private security regulator said a trove of company documents showed TigerSwan’s denials were “willfully false and misleading.”
A critical fight for the rights of nature
therevelator.org

A critical fight for the rights of nature

Los Cedros Reserve, one of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats, could be wiped out by mining. A court could save it — and set a precedent for the planet.
Why indigenous peoples and traditional knowledge are vital to protecting future global biodiversity
ensia.com

Why indigenous peoples and traditional knowledge are vital to protecting future global biodiversity

Historically, indigenous knowledge around protecting biodiversity has largely been ignored by Western science. That's starting to change.

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