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    People skilled with weapons, sometimes linked to the state, use violence to ensure illicit activities. Giuseppe Flandoli/Shutterstock

    The Future of the Amazon and the World Climate Is in the Hands of the Brazilian Militias

    The future of the environmental agenda is on a collision course with Brazil’s violent ...

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    Nicholas Pope
    An illustrated portrait of Fernando dos Santos Araújo. Illustration by Gabi Hawkins

    The Fear of Being Killed Is Not Enough to Deter Those Fighting for Justice and Land in the Amazon

    Fernando dos Santos Araújo woke up alongside his love, Bruno Pereira Gomes, on May ...

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    Yessenia Funes
    Soldier from the Brazilian army

    The Military Operation Green Brazil in the Amazon Is Ending. The Order Now Is Results-Based Environmentalism

    A military operation against environmental violations in the Brazilian Amazon is coming to a ...

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    Caio de Freitas Paes
    A memorial in honor of Dorothy Stang, a U.S.-born nun killed 15 years ago. Crosses represent murdered and threatened rural workers. Image by Daniel Beltrá/Greenpeace.

    Why Killings of Environmentalists and Indians Keep Increasing in Brazil: Almost Certain Impunity

    When Jair Bolsonaro took office as president of Brazil at the start of 2019, ...

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    Daniel Camargos
    The BR-319 is now passable in the dry season due to a "maintenance" program begun in 2016 - Photo: P.M. Fearnside.

    Here Starts the End of Brazil’s Amazon Forest. It’s Called BR-319 Highway

    The BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) Highway was built in the early 1970s by Brazil’s military ...

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    Philip M. Fearnside
    A fire in a deforested area in Amazonas state, Brazil. Image by Bruno Kelly/Amazônia Real

    Brazil Determined to Hand Monitoring of Amazon Deforestation and Fire to the Military

    In a recent announcement, Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão defended the creation of a ...

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    Jenny Gonzales
    Women strip away the outer husk of the babassu palm nut. Image by Peter Caton courtesy of ISPN

    Big Agribusiness Threatens Livelihood of 400.000 Coconut Breakers in Brazil’s Cerrado

    Every September for half a century, Maria Antônia Trindade Mendes has started the babassu ...

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    Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo