Email Four Corners By Sophie McNeill, Sharon O’Neill and Naomi Selvaratnam Posted March 23, 2020 05:39:53 Video: Amazonian tribes are fighting to save the forest from illegal logging and farming. (ABC News) Related Story: From space, you can clearly see the human impact on ‘Earth’s lungs’ Related Story: Brazilian scientist sacked after row with Brazil’s President over Amazon deforestation Related Story: The Amazon is on fire. Here are 5 things you need to know Map: Brazil Amazonian tribes and local campaigners who stand up to the illegal networks that are destroying the world’s largest tropical rainforest are being threatened, attacked and even killed.A Four Corners investigation has found the Brazilian Amazon is being destroyed at rapidly increasing rates from a combination of illegal logging, beef and soy farming and deliberately lit fires. The Amazon has been described as a lawless land with criminal networks running major illegal logging operations with impunity. Cleared land is then used to farm cattle to meet the global demand for meat and to grow lucrative soybeans for animal feed. Considered the world’s most biodiverse rainforest, the Amazon is home to hundreds of thousands of animal and plant species. The immense rainforest also plays a vital… Read full this story
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