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Indigenous voices climb
Alok’s pyramid, but the
destruction wrought by agro
interests is there too
Brazil's most famous DJ, star of the Sertanejo Circuit, is releasing an album in partnership with Indigenous musicians, but he doesn’t seem to understand the complexity of the cause he has embraced
‘I’m in the rescue boat, having to tell the world we’re drowning’
Journalist, biologist, and researcher, Jaqueline Sordi has studied and reported on the climate crisis and on scientists’ unheeded alerts for years. Now she is witnessing the devastation of her home town of Porto Alegre by long-forecast torrential rains
The grileiro, conniving land thief who molds the map of Brazil with blood and destruction
The perverse way that so much land is concentrated in the hands of so few is the result of land theft through 'grilagem'. This text is an attempt to better explain this process so we can grasp the full effects of it on the Amazon region
Opinion
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Liternatura: the unexpected revolution
The Catalan writer Gabi Martínez condemns the way many intellectuals have given up on nature, and defends the role of the world beyond the human in literature, opening up a new space for reflection at SUMAÚMA
‘Ya temi xoa, aê, êa!’ – I’m still alive
The refrain of the 2024 theme song for the Salgueiro samba school, which will pay homage to the Yanomami people this Carnival, is an endangered truth. One year after the Lula administration declared a public health emergency in Yanomami Indigenous Territory, the deaths continue. The toll had reached 308 by the end of November, more than half involving children under the age of five
Gold mining profiteers take no risks and don’t muddy themselves
Mining operations are sponsored by filthy-rich criminal organizations, and the technological transformations that boost productivity are accelerating deforestation and the destruction of ways of life
How war is waged on Brazil’s most deforested Indigenous territory
In just thirty-five years, the Apyterewa-Parakanã peoples have seen their territory invaded, the forest cut down for illegal mahogany, and the conversion of this area to pastureland for 60,000 head of cattle – the on-going expulsion of the invaders will indicate the fate of the Amazon
What does the
disappearance
of the Amazon
have to do with the
disappearance
of Venice?
As the city sinks, Yanomami filmmaker Morzaniel Ɨramari presents his work at a premier international film festival and reflects on the 'revenge of the Earth' as he realizes Venice may succumb to the effects of climate disruption
Cyclones and droughts raise environmental concerns
Screams for help amid the devastating floods in southern Brazil and deadly heat during the Amazonian drought in the north. Extreme events are passing the tolerance levels of humans and non-humans, yet still we forget that we are nature.
Opinion
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Every last molecule of oil?
In countries like Brazil, there is a fierce fight between those who see climate disruption as a crisis of civilization and those who resist making urgently needed changes. As leader of the G-20, Lula will need to position himself
