FEATURE-Family men or forest destroyers? Meet the miners living off the Amazon s gold Reuters 1/21/2021
By Lucas Landau and Fabio Teixeira
ITAITUBA, Brazil, Jan 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One man working deep in Brazil s Amazon said he knows how to stop the illegal logging, gold mining, deforestation and fires plaguing the region: let President Jair Bolsonaro carry out his plans to develop the rainforest. If people listen to him and believe in his ideas . many of the environmental issues would improve here in the Amazon, said the 53-year-old wildcat miner, who asked to be identified only by his nickname, Grande.
Grande s views are in direct opposition to those of leaders and environmentalists all over the world, who point to Bolsonaro s call to open up the Amazon to mining and agriculture as a driving force behind the rainforest s rampant destruction.
Alemão, a wildcat miner in Brazil’s Amazon, sifts through excavated rock for gold in a protected reserve in Para state, August 20, 2020. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Lucas Landau
One man working deep in Brazil’s Amazon said he knows how to stop the illegal logging, gold mining, deforestation and fires plaguing the region: let President Jair Bolsonaro carry out his plans to develop the rainforest.
“If people listen to him and believe in his ideas … many of the environmental issues would improve here in the Amazon,” said the 53-year-old wildcat miner, who asked to be identified only by his nickname, Grande.
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline has successfully executed a cargo charter to transport the Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil to Chennai, India.
The Biden administration should support clean energy investments and environmental protections in the region.
By Lisa Viscidi
Jan. 11, 2021
Credit.Andre Penner/Associated Press
Joe Biden has made clear that he will put climate change at the center of his domestic and foreign policy in a way that no previous president has. As a candidate, he proposed the most ambitious climate plan for any government in history, promising net zero emissions by 2050. As president-elect, he named former Secretary of State John Kerry as a cabinet-level official to manage climate change.
It will be important for the United States to coordinate on climate change globally, from fast-growing emitters in Asia to resolute partners in Europe. But Latin America is perhaps the best region for the incoming administration to start building alliances. Mr. Biden already knows the region well and understands how to work with countries there to address hurdles, particularly in energy production, to reducing emissi
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