Your Reminder that The Brazilian Government responded to this by getting rid of almost all anti-fire laws, encouraged people to burn down the rainforest and then used the fires as an excuse to take thousands of armed troops into the lands of these tribes.
The fires are still burning and there will be new oil rigs by the time they stop.
Edit: The Photo is in Ecuador, absolutely, but the Brazilian government made its moves in the wake of the ruling, the thing about rainforests, tribal lands and big companies is that they don't fit neatly within borders, fires too.
Here is a higher quality version of this image. Here is the source. Per there:
TOPSHOT - The president of the Coodinating Council of the Waorani Nationality of Ecuador-Pastaza (CONCONAWEP) Nemonte Nemquimo (R) raises her fist next to other members of her community at the beginning of their hearing at a court in Puyo, Ecuador, on April 26, 2019. - Indigenous people from 16 Waorani communities marched to the provincial court of Pastaza where a judge is to rule on Friday a lawsuit to prevent part of their ancestral land being actioned off to oil firms. (Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP)
Kbasa12 on November 18th, 2019 at 13:08 UTC »
Too bad they’ll be lawlessly murdered by mercenaries hired by big oil now.
Kaldenar on November 18th, 2019 at 13:34 UTC »
Your Reminder that The Brazilian Government responded to this by getting rid of almost all anti-fire laws, encouraged people to burn down the rainforest and then used the fires as an excuse to take thousands of armed troops into the lands of these tribes.
The fires are still burning and there will be new oil rigs by the time they stop.
Edit: The Photo is in Ecuador, absolutely, but the Brazilian government made its moves in the wake of the ruling, the thing about rainforests, tribal lands and big companies is that they don't fit neatly within borders, fires too.
Spartan2470 on November 18th, 2019 at 13:46 UTC »
The title is misleading
Here is a higher quality version of this image. Here is the source. Per there: