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• Amazon Pink River dolphins in Peru satellite tagged for first time
  “AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN” 15/1/2019     WWF and partners satellite tagging a pink river dolphin in Peru. Credit: Jeffrey Davila / WWF Peru Across their range in South America, the iconic pink river dolphin faces an increasingly uncertain future. Water pollution, dam construction, poaching and bycatch pose serious threats to these amazing creatures, which play [… […]
• An Illegal Mining ‘Epidemic’ Is Spreading Across the Amazon Rainforest
  “AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN” 15/1/2019   While illegal mining in the Amazon has been a problem for decades, new data shows levels that are not comparable to any other period of its history. Photo: Raphael Alves/AFP/Getty Images) Illegal mining has become an “epidemic” in the Amazon rainforest, destroying naturally protected areas and threatening indigenous territor […]
• Brazil’s indigenous people fight back against Bolsonaro’s attacks on Amazon
  “AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN” 7/1/2018   Germany and Brazil have a long history of partnering on environmental protection. But President Jair Bolsonaro’s stances on Brazil’s indigenous people and their lands threaten the progress that has been made.   Small & large scale Mining: one of the major threats to the Amazon Rain forest “Former Brazilian President […] […]
• To eliminate Agent Orange in the White house, Green New Deal Fight Shifts To 2020, & Young Activists Are Hitting The Road
  “AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN” 7/1/2019   The Sunrise Movement’s Road to a Green New Deal Tour will make stops in states like Kentucky, Michigan and Pennsylvania.     Agent Orange in the White House   The Green New Dealers are taking their movement on the road. It’s been a whirlwind two months since the youth activists […]
• Fascist Jair Bolsonaro: ” Amazon Indians on Ancestral Lands are like Animals in a zoo” . On Day 1, Brasilian Indigenous Rights are undermined.
  “AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN” 4/1/2019     Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (center) was sworn in on Tuesday.CreditCreditEvaristo Sa/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, who has compared indigenous communities living in protected lands to animals in zoos, took a major step toward undermining the rights of indigen […]