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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prosecutors in Brazil are seeking reparations for decades-old human rights violations allegedly committed by Volkswagen in the Amazon during the military dictatorship.
A través de perspectivas de líderes sociales, investigaciones y análsis, el nuevo número del NACLA Report aborda lo que está en juego en la Amazonia y lo que se necesita para evitar una crisis más profunda.