#amazonian forest

The recent satellite data from Brazil's space agency Inpe reveals that deforestation in the Brazilian portion of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record high last month.

As the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) states, the Amazon “is of vital importance because people around the world, as well as locally, depend on the rainforest. Not just for food, water, wood and medicines, but to help stabilise the climate — around 76 billion tonnes of carbon is stored in the Amazon rainforest. The trees in the Amazon also release 20 billion tonnes of water into the atmosphere per day, playing a critical role in global and regional carbon and water cycles.”

16 days had passed and the Amazonian forest is burning and no action is being made. Fire spread quickly, but our opinions and voices travel faster than anyone so lets make this known.

How can we help by other options if possible

Donate to Rainforest Action Network to protect an acre of the Amazonian rainforest.

Donate to the Rainforest Trust to help buy land in the rainforest. Since 1988, the organization has saved over 23 million acres and counting.

Reduce your paper and wood consumption. Double-check with Rainforest Alliance that what you're buying is rainforest-safe. You can also purchase rainforest safe products from the alliance's site.

The World Wide Fund for Nature works to protect the countless species in the Amazon and around the world.

Ecosia.org is a search engine that plants a tree for every 45 searches you run.

Explore Change.org petitions. A lawyer in Rio Branco has accumulated over 77,000 of his 150,000 signature goal to mobilize an investigation into the Amazonian fires.

Donate to Amazon Watch, an organization that protects the rainforest, defends indigenous rights and works to address climate change.

Donate to the Amazon Conservation Team, which works to fight climate change, protect the Amazon and empower indigenous peoples.

Amazon Conservation accepts donations (which can be tax deductible) and lists exactly what your money goes toward. You can help plant trees, sponsor education, protect habitats, buy a solar panel, preserve indigenous lands and more.

Contact your elected officials and make your voice heard.

The Mysterious Stone Structure of Amazon Rainforest

Researchers has found hundreds of mysterious structures built into the Earth more than two thousand years ago have been discovered in the Amazon rainforest. The truly incredible earthworks have long remained hidden by trees however; deforestation in recent years has discovered over 450 massive geoglyphs. Though, the purpose of stone structure is not known, but believed ditched enclosures were…

Chères amies, chers amis,

Connu dans le monde entier pour son combat visant à préserver la forêt amazonienne et la culture des peuples y vivant, le Chef kayapo Raoni a récemment fait part au monde d'une situation extrêmement préoccupante concernant l'invasion de territoires indigènes sur lesquels il veille. Des intrus armés, présents en totale illégalité, éclaireurs probables d'une invasion plus massive, ont passé à tabac un indien et détruit un véhicule appartenant à sa communauté. D'autres ont établi des auberges et autres exploitations clandestines dans la même zone. Raoni attend le décret présidentiel permettant la démarcation et donc la sécurisation de cette zone (appelée par les kayapo Kapot Nhinore) depuis près de vingt ans. Celle-ci a été "oubliée" en 1994 lors d'un précédent tracé effectué par le gouvernement, après une mémorable campagne planétaire de levée de fonds aux côtés du chanteur Sting.

J'ai reçu ce mail à l'instant de la Fondation Raoni, et je fais tourner: on trouvera plus d'informations sur leur site officiel, avec des articles qui montrent que la situation ne fait que se dégrader (infanticide et autres).

Another article : Anonymous is watching them:

The government of Brazil is responsible for the Belo Monte dam project on Xingu River. If the dam will be build Kayapo people's lands will be flood and the river will be irreversibly damaged. The entire amazonian ecosystem would be upset with irreparable consequences all over the world. In Amazonia, Guatemala, Patagonia mega-dams threaten the existence of ancient and peaceful people. Anonymous, Operation Green Rights and Iberoamerica fight against this ethnic cleansing pursued in the name of the filthy and evil profit.

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A recent report by the NGO International Rivers and Friends of the Earth-Brazilian Amazon warns that the Belo Monte project involves significant social risks, environmental, legal and financial.

Download the Report: assets.survivalinternational.org/documents/550/ir-report-bm-mega-projeto-mega-riscos.pdf

Western intrusion brings a sociological and anthropological problem of proportions for the native peoples.

The technology and methods of remediation do not match with the second decade of the eleventh century's tecnologhy. It is a story that runs in South America, as was the Hidroaysén project in Patagonia, lower costs and rely on minimal oversight by the state, these hydroelectric projects make a threat to the environment of virgin regions or regions populated by its original inhabitants.

Are we willing to see pass away thousands of hectares of native forests for alleged energy need that can be covered with sustainable development? Are we willing to witness this predation in exchange for 20 or 30 years of useful life of this dam? Is it the best and only solution to energy problems? We know that it is not. There are alternatives, and the state must ensure compliance with national and international standards. 

It's time to do something, to support indigenous people and to avoid large-scale ecological damage that ultimately affects us all.