Brazil: Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe Demands Action As Logging Season Starts


Brazil: Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe Demands Action As Logging Season Starts   Earth’s ‘most threatened tribe’ has made a desperate appeal for the Brazilian government to halt the illegal logging that is ravaging its territory, as the Amazon’s logging season starts in earnest.   The Awá tribe already suffers the fastest rate of deforestation in the Amazon, and the start of the dry season has in previous years brought a huge upsurge in illegal loggers.   The Awá’s urgent message...

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08 June 2012

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