deforestation
Chamber of disinformation? Brazilian deforestation according to Bolsonaro
June 16, 2022The rate of deforestation was already growing under the governance of Dilma Rousseff and Michel Temer, but under Bolsonaro it attained a level not seen since 2006.
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Brazilian Amazon endured record deforestation in first three months of 2022
April 13, 2022And new legislation proposed by Bolsonaro would open Indigenous lands to mining and farming.
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What the trees of Notre Dame have to tell us
March 3, 2021On April 15, 2019, watching television footage of Notre Dame Cathedral burning, I wept like millions of other French people and others around the world. The flames which invaded the screen brought back memories of my...
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Indonesia: Mass strikes against ‘catastrophic’ assault on workers’ rights and environment
October 8, 2020The omnibus bill replaces 79 separate laws, reducing workers’ holidays and severance, allowing companies to keep workers on temporary contracts, and removing the requirement for environmental assessments of business projects.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro signs order endangering Amazon and indigenous rights
January 7, 2019"There's fear, there's pain. This feels like defeat, failure."
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