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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245963
ISSN: 2633-304X
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However, official sources suggest that production is increasingly focused in areas of the Amazon where it is encouraging deforestation as well as encroaching on indigenous land…
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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UNITED STATES: Amazon's HQ2x2
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES239874
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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…
The region is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with higher temperatures, drought and sea level rise among myriad factors driving people to leave their homes…