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#News: #Study reveals loose legislation in #Brazil's #Cerrado is fuelling #deforestation. Nearly 1M hectares cleared since 2010. #Agribusiness for #palmoil #soy #cattle and #goldmining expansion increases water conflicts #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/study-warns-that-loosened-legislation-is-driving-deforestation-in-bahias-cerrado/
Study warns that loosened legislation is driving deforestation in Bahia’s Cerrado
Since 2010, loosened state legislation has contributed to the spread of authorized deforestation in western Bahia, where municipalities like São Desidério stand out among Brazil’s most aggressive deforesters.Xavier Bartaburu (Conservation news)
New #study finds that recycling #gold would eliminate the mercury pollution and #deforestation of #goldmining. It would also mean an end to violent #indigenous landgrabbing for #gold in #SouthAmerica #BoycottGold4Yanomami @BarbaraNavarro @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-90d
#News: Report finds that #indigenous people in #Brazil have a high rate of suicide due to expansion of oil and gas, illegal #goldmining, #palmoil #soy and #meat #deforestation of their ancestral land story by Monica Piccinini via @thecanaryuk #mentalhealth #indigenousrights https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2024/10/16/brazil-indigenous-people-suicide/
Brazil Indigenous People subjected to soaring rates of suicide
Destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is driving Indigenous people to suicide - and tragically, rates are now soaringMonica Piccinini (The Canary)
#News Orchid #bees, essential for pollinating 30+ plant families in Brazil, are under threat from #goldmining #palmoil #meat and #soy #deforestation. Please protect these precious pollinators! 🐝🌿 #Boycottpalmoil #BoycottGold #Boycott4Wildlife @mongabay https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/amazon-deforestation-threatens-one-of-brazils-key-pollinators-study-shows/
Amazon deforestation threatens one of Brazil’s key pollinators, study shows
With their metallic-blue-and-green bodies and iridescent wings, orchid bees aren’t just charismatic bugs.alexandrapopescu (Conservation news)