Pepijn Kooij"It is not just the El Nino current. Deforestation continues with these fires. The agricultural advance does not stop. They are destroying everything, as if they do not see what is happening to nature” #amazonregion #climatechange #deforestation https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/amazons-indigenous-people-urge-brazil-declare-climate-emergency-rivers-dry-up-2023-10-10/
Amazon's Indigenous people urge Brazil to declare climate emergency as rivers dry up
Indigenous inhabitants in the Amazon are asking the Brazilian government to declare a climate emergency as their villages have no drinking water, food or medicine due to a severe drought that is <a href="/world/americas/amazon-drought-strands-floating-brazilian-village-lake-turned-into-mud-2023-10-06/">drying up rivers</a> vital for travel in the rainforest, their leaders said on Tuesday.