Palm Oil Industry Continues to Bring Deforestation, Pollution To Amazon | Waking Times

Karla Mendes, Mongabay
Waking Times – March 17, 2021

TOMÉ-AÇU, Brazil — Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the Turé-Mariquita Indigenous Reserve, a “green island” encircled by oil palm plantations in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Goldminers Overrun Amazon Indigenous Lands as COVID-19 Surges | Waking Times – Aug 1, 2020

Jenny GonzalesGuest
Waking Times

Thousands of miners in search of gold within Brazil’s Amazon Indigenous Territories (TIs) and Conservation Units (UCs), are illegally clearing forests and polluting rivers at an alarming rate in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic — more than 88,000 Brazilians are dead of the pandemic, with more than 430,000 cases reported in the Amazon as of 28 July. →

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Deforestation in Brazil continues torrid pace into 2020 — Waking Times – February 12, 2020

Deforestation in Brazil continues torrid pace into 2020

Rhett ButlerMongabay
Waking Times

Despite global concern over last year’s catastrophic forest destruction and associated fires in Earth’s largest rainforest, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to rise, according to data from Brazil’s national space research institute INPE. →

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36 Powerful Images of Women Protesters Leading from the Front Across the World – December 28, 2019

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36 Powerful Images Of Women Protesters Leading From The Front Across The World

Anuj Tiwar, India Times, Dec 26, 2019

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Celebrating the power and courage of all the women and girls across the world who have to taken to the streets for their beliefs in gender equality, violence and democratic values.

Here are some images of protests where women scripted the victory saga.

1. Jamia Millia Islamia students protesting against Citizenship Act.

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