This map shows where Amazon is closing warehouses across the country.
(Note: As of Sept. 13, 2022 Map: Gabriel Cortes / Source: MWPVL International)
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![Location of Amazon Rainforest and Blue Amazon.
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Today nearly half of the Amazonian forest is protected, but illegal deforestation is widely practiced there, mining projects require the destruction of vast forest areas, but the Amazonian people control the territory, the forest persists.
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The riches of the Amazon (minerals, hydroelectricity, etc.) arouse covetousness. “The Amazon does not belong to the heritage of humanity” claims Bolsonaro, but he comes up against global environmental diplomacy and the rights of Amerindian peoples.
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The Amazon basin corresponds to the Greater Amazon which extends over 9 states. It is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It is a region where 34 million inhabitants live, mainly urban, and 350 Amerindian ethnic groups
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In the 16th century, the Spaniards were the first to embark on the discovery of the Amazon from the Andes. The Treaty of Tordesillas places the majority of the Amazon under Spanish sovereignty. But it was the Portuguese who asserted their influence in the 17th century.
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From its mouth to the Andes, the dimensions of the Brazilian Amazon are comparable to those of Europe. 28 million people live there, mostly urban, Native Americans are a very small minority.
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Brazil Amazon deforestation is part of the story, but another part is the growth of protected lands and the recognition of indigenous territories as a bulwark against land-speculators. That is, if those borders are enforced.
by @Cchurchili
