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Indigenous Chief, Raoni, is on a three-week tour of Europe to find investors to help protect the Amazon region,

Indigenous Leader Seeks One Million Euros to Build Fence Around Xingu

Lise Alves - May 18, 2019

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing ReporterSÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After gaining international fame due to his partnership with British music star Sting in the 1990’s, Brazilian indigenous leader Raoni is once again in Europe in search of investors willing...

Brazil, Deforestation of the Amazon continues to increase,

Over 1.3 Million Hectares of Forests Disappeared in Brazil in 2018

Lise Alves - April 28, 2019

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing ReporterSÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – About 12 million hectares of rainforests disappeared in 2018, according to data from Global Forest Watch (GFW), the equivalent to thirty football fields per minute. Brazil alone decimated 1.3 million...