Biodiversity
UK’s Charity Commission launches investigation into WWF
A major investigation by news site Buzzfeed, released March 4, 2019, exposed a shocking level of violent abuse by ecoguards and rangers funded by […]
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Bolsonaro “declares war” on Brazil’s indigenous peoples
Jair Bolsonaro has started his Presidency in the worst possible way for the indigenous peoples of Brazil. Taking responsibility for indigenous land demarcation away from FUNAI, the Indian...
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Brazil launches operation to save surviving members of uncontacted tribe
Brazilian authorities have completed a rare ground operation to protect an uncontacted tribe from violent ranchers in a region of the Amazon with the highest rate […]
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Indigenous Environmental Defender killed as logging mafia targets tribe in Brazil
A leader of an #Amazon #tribe acclaimed for its #environmental #defenders has been #killed, the latest in a series of deaths among the tribe.
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Deadly measles epidemic hits isolated Yanomami tribe
A measles epidemic has hit an isolated Amazon tribe on the Brazil-Venezuela border which has very little immunity to the disease. The devastating outbreak […]