Articles by Maria Parazo Rose
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![Kayapo Indigenous protesters block highway BR-163 in Brazil with a banner that reads in Portuguese: "Defending the Amazon. Without listening to Indigenous people, there will be no concession and no grain railway."]()
![Kayapo Indigenous protesters block highway BR-163 in Brazil with a banner that reads in Portuguese: "Defending the Amazon. Without listening to Indigenous people, there will be no concession and no grain railway."]()
Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon effectively protect forests. Why is deforestation increasing?
Even with strict regulations, protected areas lost forest to weakened environmental policies under the Bolsonaro regime.
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![A gas well sits on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation as the sun sets behind a ridge line. A tall metal structure is "flaring", or burning off natural gas, and a bright orange flame is spewing from the top of the structure.]()
![A gas well sits on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation as the sun sets behind a ridge line. A tall metal structure is "flaring", or burning off natural gas, and a bright orange flame is spewing from the top of the structure.]()
Biden administration proposes new rule targeting methane emissions on tribal lands
Wasted natural gas has quadrupled since 1990 – regulators hope to rein in that loss.
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Underfunded, understaffed, Canada’s Indigenous Services Agency is failing to protect First Nations
As climate disasters intensify, poor emergency management puts Indigenous peoples at higher risk.
