Violence against Indigenous People Overshadows Amazon Summit
Click to expand Image Indigenous people demonstrate against acts of violence before the civil and military police stations in Tome-Acu, state of Para, Brazil. August 7, 2023. 2023 Andrea Carvalho/HRW Violence against Indigenous people in Brazil has marred the Amazon Summit, a high-level meeting of presidents of countries in the Amazon region aimed at improving protection of the Amazon rainforest. The violence is a stark reminder that there is no future for the Amazon without protecting the people living in, and dependent on, the rainforest. On August 7, I visited Tome-Ac, a town in Northeast ...
Source: philippinetimes.com