Amazon

December 19, 2023
Eliana Lafone and Rebecca Wilson

Kichwa activist Leo Cerda discusses the crucial role of national and global alliances in transitioning from extractive fossil fuels to greener alternatives.

November 30, 2023
Rebecca Wilson and Eliana Lafone

Over 100 activists and storytellers from across the Americas gathered in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon to forge an alliance against extractivism and illegal mining. 

October 11, 2023
Giovana Girardi, Cristina Amorim, Álvaro Justen, and Rafael Oliveira for Agência Pública

Rural associations, media outlets, and digital channels provide a platform for scientists who espouse climate misinformation.

August 23, 2023
Angélica María Bernal and Joshua Holst

Ecuadorians have chosen to safeguard the biodiverse Yasuní National Park from oil drilling, marking a major triumph for grassroots Indigenous and environmental activists against the fossil fuel consensus.

July 10, 2023
Raúl Silva Telles do Valle and Biviany Rojas Garzón

Under Bolsonaro, environmental crimes skyrocketed amid a slide toward authoritarianism. Now, defending the rainforest also means rescuing Brazil’s democratic rule of law.

July 10, 2023
Felipe Milanez e Roberto Araújo Santos

Em tempos de turbulência política, as elites recorrem à violência. Quando o poder de Bolsonaro caiu, ataques anti-indígenas na Amazônia explodiram, alimentados por narrativas de ódio.

July 10, 2023
Diego Oliveira Brandão, Julia Arieira, and Carlos Afonso Nobre

The science is clear: rehabilitating the Amazon rainforest is essential to mitigating climate change and reversing biodiversity loss. Indigenous knowledge must play a central role.

July 10, 2023
José Octavio Orsag Molina

Un recorrido de cuatro libros nos ayuda a pensar temáticas centrales en la historia de la Amazonia como las ideas de civilización, progreso, desarrollo y las ideas de modernidad.

July 10, 2023
Felipe Milanez and Roberto Araújo Santos

In times of political turbulence, elites often turn to violence. As Bolsonaro’s grip on power faltered, anti-Indigenous attacks in the Amazon exploded, fueled by narratives of hate.

July 10, 2023
Adrián Lerner Patrón

Despite the enduring image of the Amazon as a vast jungle frontier, urbanized spaces—and the millions of people that call them home—are central to the past and future of the rainforest.

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