Bolsonaro is about to strike a death blow to the Amazon.
Brazil’s President has always wanted to open the forest for
mining — and now he’s using pandemic chaos as cover to finally
turn over thousands of acres of sacred Indigenous land and
protected rainforest to predatory mining companies.
A vote is weeks away.
Fortunately Bolsonaro’s plan is deeply unpopular with
Brazilians. If we can use smart tactics like polling and actions to
quickly ramp up pressure on Congress, we can stop them from
going along with it — but we need to act fast. Can you chip in
urgently to protect the Amazon?
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Bolsonaro says it’s his “dream” to do this, and ever since he
came into power everyone from mining giants to small-time
prospectors has been waiting and agitating for the chance to plunder
the treasures of the Amazon.
Now Bolsonaro’s own incompetent policies on Covid have led to the
largest health system collapse in the country’s history —
and he’s using it as a distraction to finally follow
through on his pillaging promise.
If this goes ahead, Indigenous lands and fragile
rainforest that have been constitutionally protected for decades
will be opened up to the highest bidder. It would be a death blow
for the Amazon’s people and ecosystem.
But not if we stop him. And that means showing Congress that
Brazilians still care about the Amazon, even in Covid chaos, by
getting the issue back in the news with elections fast approaching.
Can you chip in to help do everything we can to save the
Amazon from Bolonsaro’s sneak attack?
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Our community has stood with the Amazon’s Indigenous populations
over and over again, most recently helping the Tupinamba peoples
demarcate their land to ensure it could be legally protected. But
Bolsonaro wants to undo all that work by throwing open the gates to
the forest — let’s make sure his efforts are in vain.
