DEFORESTATION & INDIGENOUS GENOCIDE

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  Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world for environmental defenders

  NPR - John Otis

  BARRANCABERMEJA, Colombia — For sounding the alarm about water pollution in and around this industrial city in northern Colombia, Yuly Velásquez seems to have a target on her back: Over the past two years, she has survived three assassination attempts. In January 2021, gunmen shot up her house as …

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  An Amazonian tribe was near extinction. Here’s how its women saved it.

  csmonitor.com - Fabiano Maisonnave, Teresa de Miguel, and André Penner

  The Juma, an Amazonian Indigenous tribe, seemed destined for extinction. Sisters Boreá, Mandeí, and Maytá were able to make a comeback by changing …

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  Indonesia: Rare video of indigenous tribe facing down bulldozer shows ‘uncontacted peoples do exist’

  France 24 - Thaïs Chaigne

  On the Indonesian island of Halmahera, two members of an “uncontacted” indigenous tribe were filmed facing down a logging company’s bulldozer. The rare encounter caught on camera testifies to the growing threat that industrial activities – particularly nickel mining managed in part by a French …

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  Mercury is still an environmental threat

  grist.org - Tristan Ahtone

  The heavy metal is poisoning Indigenous peoples' environment and health, but no one can agree on how or when to get rid of it. The negotiations …

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  WWF: Deforestation has gotten worse despite landmark COP26 conservation pledge

  edie.net - Sarah George

  Two years on from a forest conservation pledge made by 140 nations representing 90% of global forests, deforestation rates have gotten worse – not …

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  Drought-stricken Amazon River at lowest recorded level, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week

  World Economic Forum

  1. Drought-stricken Amazon River at record-low level Brazil's Amazon River fell to its lowest-ever recorded water level as a record drought threatens …