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Bolsonaro's claims have further increased global concerns about the future of the Amazon rainforest, and international ire over his suggestion that NGOs were seeking revenge…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245963
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The COVID-19 pandemic has further revealed the inefficacy of state organisations in countering deforestation and the various illegal activities that help drive it. The COP26…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265276
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The area concentrates some of the world’s most isolated indigenous communities, but also increasingly attracts organised criminal groups. Near the Peruvian and Colombian borders…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271350
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Brazil has a population of around 900,000 indigenous people, mostly living in remote regions of the Amazon forest. The scale of illegal activities in demarcated indigenous areas…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253253
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Deforestation is continuing apace, although at a slower rate than in neighbouring Brazil. State presence in much of the region is, at best, precarious, and indigenous peoples are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271653
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During last month’s virtual climate summit, President Jair Bolsonaro promised ambitious environmental targets, including eliminating illegal deforestation by 2030. However, one…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261308
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The crisis of insecurity in Ecuador, in particular, has raised concerns in neighbouring countries about the activities of drug trafficking mafias as well as other forms of illegal…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238022
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The situation, which began in northern regions, quickly spread, affecting the entire basin by September. Since January, large areas of the basin have been in a state of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286018
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During last month’s UN General Assembly, President Jair Bolsonaro unsuccessfully argued that his government was controlling deforestation in the Amazon region. Reports indicate…