The world’s most contentious piece of land
Every day around 10,000 acres of the Amazon are destroyed. With as much as 20% of the rainforest already lost forever, controversy has long surrounded the region as big businesses – attracted to natural resources including gold, crude oil, timber and land – have clashed with indigenous people and environmentalists over how the forest should be used. As deforestation in Brazil reaches record levels, and President Bolsonaro attempts to pass a bill that would allow mining on indigenous reservations, we expose the huge global powers fighting over the Amazon.
Frances Carruthers
11 March 2022
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