Over the past fifty years we have seen a weakening of environmental laws as corporations lobby politicians to their favourable … More
Tag: Genocide
Deforestation and genocide in the Amazon reaches accelerated levels
Between August 2017 and July 2018 some 7,900 square kilometers of forest were logged in the Brazilian Amazon, the worst annual rate of deforestation in a decade, according to official government data. This represents an increase of 13.7% over the same period last year.
Greenpeace Brazil pointed out, approximately 1,185 million trees were felled in an area equivalent to the size of 987,500 football fields.
The Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Openly declared Genocide on the Kawahivas people who are on the edge of extinction.
Photo copyright-Marcelo Camerago The UN defines genocide as “any of the acts perpetrated with the intention of destroying, in whole … More