TERRITORIES UNDER THREAT
- Casino supermarkets are still selling meat from protected areas
In Brazil, the French group’s supermarkets continue to offer meat that comes from indigenous lands, despite the lawsuit in the French courts, according to a survey published on the news site InfoAmazonia - Indigenous Peoples denounce the mining company Belo Sun
The Canadian company has hindered the holding of public hearings on the mining project in the state of Pará and illegally purchased land for agrarian reform, according to the report on the website Amazônia Real
A report by the Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil records the mining company Belo Sun’s impact on the life of communities such as Ilha da Fazenda, on the stretch of the Xingu known as Volta Grande (the Big Bend). Photo: Lilo Clareto, from the Amazônia Real website
- ‘Green’ investment finances ethanol in the Amazon
Leader in the production of ethanol from corn in Brazil, the magnate Bruce Rastetter is trying to get financing with the promise of carbon capture in power plants. However, the effectiveness of the method has not been proven, states a report on the website O Joio e O Trigo
DESTRUCTION OF THE FOREST
- Amazon region registers the highest number of fires in 16 years
The region registered 2,911 fires in June, the highest number for the month since 2007, according to the government’s figures. Traditionally, the months between July and October are the ones with the most fires, according to a report on the website (((o))eco) - Each illegal mining operation yields R$ 13 million a year
Illegal mining in the Amazon region demands a minimum investment of between R$ 1.3 million and R$ 3.3 million. The return can go as high as R$ 1.16 million a month, indicates a study on the website (((o))eco) - Agribusiness drives fake news about the climate
The negationist rhetoric has been disseminated in the media by scientists, “absorbed like a mantra” by rural producers and incorporated by congressmen and senators, according to a report. (Agência Pública)
NON-HUMAN PEOPLES
- Killifish/cloud fish/rivulidae from the Xingu River resist the power plant
A scientific expedition comes across populations of fish that researchers believed had become extinct as a result of the changes caused by the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the state of Pará, according to the website (((o))eco) - Rivers inhabited by the Yanomami are contaminated
A survey indicates that 59% of the rivers in the indigenous territories have been affected by illegal mining and invasions, with a high likelihood of contamination by mercury, according to the news site InfoAmazonia - Eight trees are cut down every second
More than 125 million trees were cut down in the Brazilian Amazon region in the first six months of 2023, according to an estimate based on official data, as reported on the news site InfoAmazonia
INVADERS UNDER SIEGE
- Indigenous peoples unite against illegal mining
The Kayapó, Yanomami and Munduruku peoples, who are the ones that have been most affected by illegal mining in Brazil, have formed an “ancestral” alliance that has already resulted in the production of a film and a dossier, according to the news agency Mongabay
Image from the documentary ‘Escute: A Terra Foi Rasgada’ (Listen: The Land Has Been Torn Apart), produced by the Alliance in Defense of the Territories (and partners). Photo: the audiovisual Project ‘Teia Documenta’
- Brazil’s Central Bank tightens restrictions on those responsible for deforestation
A new resolution prohibits banks from lending money to properties that overlap with public lands, such as forests, indigenous lands and conservation units, according to the website of the organization Observatório do Clima - How to get access to and obtain data about indigenous lands
Site shows how to access open and georeferenced databases that reveal the situation of the peoples, their territories and what stage of the demarcation process they are at, according to the news site Fiquem Sabendo
Spell check (Portuguese): Elvira Gago
Translation into Spanish: Meritxell Almarza
English translation: Mark Murray
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Translation into Spanish: Meritxell Almarza
English translation: Mark Murray
Photography editing: Marcelo Aguilar, Mariana Greif and Pablo Albarenga
Page setup: Érica Saboya
