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Dangerous Trends!

1/4/2019

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With these new selfish conservative trends in leadership here in the U.S. and around the world, we are not only losing human right. We are losing more and more of our future. This is a tipping point. Future generations will not be able to fix this. I know we all have burnout, however, we cannot afford to be complacent. Keep trying! Change the world!

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Article Excerpt From: EcoWatch

Politics
Olivia Rosane
Jan. 03, 2019 04:48PM EST

‘There Will Be an Increase in Deforestation’: Brazil’s New President Signs Order Endangering Amazon and Indigenous Rights

In his first day in office, right wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro realized the fears of environmentalists and Indigenous communities. They knew he would use his time in office to increase the access of extractive industries in the Amazon Rainforest. Within hours of taking power Tuesday, Bolsonaro transferred responsibility for recognizing Indigenous lands to the ministry of agriculture, The New York Times reported.

The agriculture ministry has ties to the agribusiness lobby and other industries that would like to gain access to Indigenous lands, The Guardian and The New York Times reported.


"There will be an increase in deforestation and violence against indigenous people," executive coordinator of the Articulation of Indigenous People of Brazil (Apib) Dinaman Tuxá warned, according to The Guardian. "Indigenous people are defenders and protectors of the environment."

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