Mining is ongoing inside Indigenous territories and national parks in Jacareacanga, despite Brazil's Constitution banning all types of mining on Indigenous lands.
A new study shows that 50.4% of land on Earth needs to be protected to reverse biodiversity loss, halt climate change and prevent future pandemics, with Latin American countries poised to lead that movement.
With hundreds of thousands of people left homeless, and some healthcare infrastructure in shambles, the countries afflicted by these dual hurricanes are worried about what comes next.
Their territory is suffering the ravages of COVID-19, invasion by 20,000 illegal miners, mercury pollution, severe deforestation, and “genocidal” government apathy, say the Yanomami people.
Hurricane Iota began whipping Nicaragua with catastrophic winds, storm surges and rain on Monday evening, as the region's leaders blamed climate change for destruction that is pushing millions closer to hunger.
