The Amazon’s silent crime crisis (commentary)
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The Amazon is approaching a dangerous threshold. Long understood as the world’s largest tropical forest and a critical regulator of the global climate, its future is increasingly shaped by the convergence of organized crime and environmental crime. This nexus is accelerating deforestation and degradation, worsening fire risk, undermining governance, and weakening the economic foundations needed to sustain […]
      • Ruigaard@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        18 days ago

        I believe for rainforests in Indonesia it is palmoil that causes most deforestation, in the Amazon cattle and their feed (mostly soy). Regardless, two big drivers of deforestation that need to be haltes.

    • bright@piefed.socialEnglish
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      19 days ago

      That’s fucking racist. Both for saying all white people are the cause of environmental destruction, and ALSO for saying that the other races you’re referring to somehow can’t cause environmental destruction. That’s like saying all Asians are good at math. You’re a fucking racist.

      • jafra@slrpnk.net
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        18 days ago

        Yeah, afaik one of the main drivers is palm plantations. As if POC don’t eat stuff with palm oil.

        I’d say the main problem is our locust economy.