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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activists</span></a> Who Sacrificed Their Lives To Save The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmazonRainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonRainforest</span></a></p><p>by Jana Gregorio <br>July 31 2020</p><p>"According to reports, on average, one activist has been killed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> every week since 2002. Most of the killings happened in remote areas of the Amazon. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChicoMendes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChicoMendes</span></a> was a labor leader and activist who fought against the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmazonRainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonRainforest</span></a>. In 1988, Mendes was shot and killed in front of his house by a cattle rancher named Darcy Alves.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NazildoDosSantosBrito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NazildoDosSantosBrito</span></a> was an anti-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalmOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalmOil</span></a> campaigner. In 2018, Brito was shot and killed, but none of his possessions were missing. Rights groups say he was killed due to his activism in the Amazon.</p><p>"Maxciel Pereira dos Santos was a defender of Brazil’s Indigenous people. In 2019, he was killed execution-style in front of his family members.</p><p>"For decades, the Amazon Rainforest has been the target of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CattleRanchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CattleRanchers</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/loggers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loggers</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/miners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miners</span></a> who seek to take the forest’s land and natural resources. Over the past 50 years, about 17% of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed."</p><p><a href="https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-people-who-died-to-save-the-amazon.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldatlas.com/articles/10-peo</span><span class="invisible">ple-who-died-to-save-the-amazon.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForestDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EcoActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsViolations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenistasAssociados" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenistasAssociados</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAmerica</span></a></p>
PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦<p>B.C. at high risk of province-wide drought this summer, authorities warn<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/high-risk-province-wide-drought-summer-bc-1.6871893?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col</span><span class="invisible">umbia/high-risk-province-wide-drought-summer-bc-1.6871893?cmp=rss</span></a><br>"The warning is concerning to those whose livelihoods depend on water, such as cattle ranchers."<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CattleRanchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CattleRanchers</span></a></p>