Activists Fight to Save Amazon Rainforests | 112BK

As Amazon, Inc. grows spectacularly, the Amazon rainforest shrinks. Activists who agitate against that deforestation, many of them indigenous, take their lives in their hands. According to the non-profit Global Witness, 145 activists have been killed in Brazil since 2015 alone. Suzanne Pelletier, executive director of Rainforest Foundation, is here to talk about the life or death struggle for the Amazon.

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Indigenous women from rainforests around the world are uniting to fight for the health of the planet in their unique and powerful ways. Whether as activists, politicians, or mothers, they are bringing back ancestral knowledge and are determined to fight for their communities and the Earth. Despite their differences, they share a common goal and a united front. 10:03 [Rainforest Foundation US]

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The latest research proposes that the Amazon is also the beating "heart of the Earth, " as millions of trees work together as a kind of “biotic pump” that releases water vapor into the air. This process creates “flying rivers” in the atmosphere that circulate water and weather patterns around the globe. 12:16 [Pachamama Alliance]

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The Amazon is a vast biome that spans eight rapidly developing countries—Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname—and French Guiana, an overseas territory of France.
Occupying almost 40 percent of South America and encompassing the territory of nine countries, the magnitude of such natural haven extends over 1.4 billion acres of land, of which around 60 percent are located in Brazil.
Investing to conserve the Brazilian rainforest could cost between $1.7 and $2.8 billion, according to a recent study. 9:33 [Statista; University of Miami; World Wildlife Fund]

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Amazon is one of the most recognisable brands in the world, responsible for $386 billion revenue in 2020. It was the fourth tech company to reach a $1 trillion market cap, and is quickly on its way to $2 trillion. 3:45 [Business of Apps]