The Amazon Under Attack

The innocent tranquility of this beautiful young indigenous boy in Northern Brazil belies the violence being inflicted on this region and its occupants.

As noted here: Attacks against indigenous people in the Amazon have spiked since Bolsonaro came to office. His administration has worked to open the Amazon even further to logging, mining and agribusiness companies while violating the land rights of indigenous peoples. Earlier this year, eight former environment ministers warned Bolsonaro’s administration was systematically destroying Brazil’s environmental policies, with one former minister saying Brazil is becoming an “exterminator of the future.”

The destruction of the Amazon may be the single greatest blow against any hope we may have for a sustainable future.