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Indigenous activists are risking their lives for butterflies

In Central Mexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging.
End of impunity for Indigenous killings in sight for Brazil’s Guajajara

End of impunity for Indigenous killings in sight for Brazil’s Guajajara

Indigenous forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed in November 2019 in the Brazilian Amazon. Justice may soon be on the horizon for the Guajajara people: Paulo’s case will be the first killing of an Indigenous defender that will go before a federal jury.

Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022
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Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022

Colombia was the deadliest country and a fifth of the 177 recorded killings took place in the Amazon rainforest, says Global Witness.

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Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns

Alexandre Saraiva gives alert on organised crime in region ahead of anniversary of killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira.

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira's deaths show the Amazon's destruction

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira's deaths show the Amazon's destruction

Journalist Dom Phillips was following Indigenous rights activist Bruno Pereira when both men disappeared along a remote river.
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A thousand miles in the Amazon, to change the way the world works

A thousand miles in the Amazon, to change the way the world works

Lawyers and justice advocates found fresh evidence and testimony in Indigenous communities and sustainable villages, pressing a new theory of law aimed at recognizing the rights of nature.

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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.
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