#theamazon — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #theamazon, aggregated by home.social.
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Banks vs. the Amazon: New Data Reveals $2 Billion of Financing New Oil & Gas in the Amazon
Explore the full Amazon Banks Database and Banks vs. The Amazon scorecard.
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On the Frontline of Land Defense in the Amazon in Brazil
"Defending Land Rights in the Amazon in #Brazil. The land defenders say they will remain mobilized until their rights are guaranteed. “We will not leave. We left our homes, we have children, young people and the elderly here. This is to resist."
Read more:
bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/on-frontline-of-land-defense-in-amazon.html
#IndigenousNews #IndigenousPeoples #LandDefenders #TheAmazon #IndigenousActivists #Resistance #ReaderSupportedNews #CensoredNews -
Stories from #TheAmazon, #Kenya and #Zimbabwe
#WorldWaterDay: 3 stories of #resistance and #restoration from around the globe
Kristine Sabillo, 21 Mar 2025
"More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, #groundwater, lakes and #glaciers face continued threats of #pollution and overexploitation due to #urbanization, #EnvironmentalDestruction, and #ClimateChange .
"This World Water Day, #Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are trying to protect the world’s dwindling water resources."
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/world-water-day-3-stories-of-resistance-and-restoration-from-around-the-globe/
#WaterSecurity #WaterIsLife #RiversAreLife #OceansAreLife #Wetlands #Marshes #Rivers -
A bitter irony is uncovered by trying to post about Amazon.
It actually is possible to live without Amazon. Very occasionally a little inconvenient, particularly if you have been too lazy to think ahead, but possible and IMHO desirable.
On the other hand #TheAmazon is precious beyond belief and we can't live without it.
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"In #TheAmazon, communities next to the world’s most voluminous river are queuing for water..
Public authorities in #Brazil are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats are the only means of transportation."
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-brazil-rainforest-drought-humanitarian-aid-ea5087979c84d4480bfaa7380f48f655
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#rainforest #ClimateChange #drought -
"‘Without water, there is no life’: #Drought in Brazil’s Amazon..
Communities dependent on the Amazon #rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food, or filtered water..
extreme drought sweeping across #TheAmazon. The historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife and, with experts predicting the drought could last until early 2024..
#GlobalWarming, driven by the burning of #FossilFuels, is the backdrop"
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-drought-environment-climate-rivers-4152b5e288e1b85abc4e5d4af64db67d -
In a matchup between a sloth & a big cat ** on the ground **, who wins?
This rare footage says the sloth (one of my favorite creatures) can actually move fast & defend itself pretty well when it needs to.
https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-footage-captures-the-moment-a-predator-attacked-a-sloth-and-lost
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Hoppas alla haft ett fint nyår!
Minns ni för tag sen när jag skrev att Brasiliens nya president lovat att göra allt för bevarandet av Amazonas?
Förutom ett nytt urfolksministerium får också kända miljöaktivister tunga poster i regeringen. Kul!"Regnskogsaktivisten Marina Silva blir miljöminister och urfolksledaren Sonia Guajajara urfolksminister i Lula da Silvas regering "
