Cocaine production Driving Deforestation Into Colombian National Park
René Mora – The illegal cultivation of coca and its manufacture into cocaine appears to be coming at the cost of the world’s forests.
René Mora – The illegal cultivation of coca and its manufacture into cocaine appears to be coming at the cost of the world’s forests.
Shanna Hanbury – Huge swaths of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are drier than usual after a rainy season well below historical levels.
Sam Cowie – Fear of the spread of COVID-19 by non-indigenous invaders inside Brazil’s indigenous communities has grown in recent days.
Eduardo Franco Berton – Spread too thin and threatened with violence, park authorities say they’re powerless to stop the onslaught.
Michael Whitehouse – The Amazon rainforest is facing utter destruction.
Jeremy Hance, Mongabay Waking Times At least 908 people were murdered for taking a stand to defend the environment between 2002 and 2013, according to a new report today from Global Witness, which shows a dramatic uptick in the murder rate during the past four years. Notably, the report appears on the same day that another NGO, …