Parts of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being illegally sold on Facebook, the BBC is reporting. From the report: The protected areas include national forests and land reserved for indigenous peoples. Some of the plots listed via Facebook’s classified ads service are as large as 1,000 football pitches. Facebook said it was “ready to work with local authorities”, but indicated it would…
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Trump Auctions Arctic Refuge To Oil Drillers In Last Strike Against US Wilderness
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: In one of its last strikes against the American wilderness, Donald Trump’s administration will on Wednesday auction off portions of the Arctic national wildlife refuge to oil drillers. The lease sales are the climax to one of the nation’s highest-profile environmental battles. The lands on the northern coastal plain of Alaska are…
Coronavirus devastates indigenous tribes in the Brazilian Amazon
Dozens of indigenous communities are fighting the virus brought in by the outside world. Source: https://www.livescience.com/tribe-brazil-most-infected-coronavirus.html
Coronavirus poses grave threat to Amazon’s indigenous communities
Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon have contracted covid-19, and the disease could reach uncontacted tribes, which are particularly vulnerable Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2246572-coronavirus-poses-grave-threat-to-amazons-indigenous-communities/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…