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COVID-19 Threatens Indigenous Lives in the Amazon
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an additional crisis for Indigenous and traditional peoples across the Amazon Basin. Amazon Watch is working on a variety of urgent initiatives in response to emerging needs. The global pandemic puts their lives in even more danger as governments fail to appropriately address the crisis. Across the Amazon, Indigenous peoples are already on the front lines of the climate crisis, facing mounting threats including deforestation, fires, industrial extraction, agribusiness expansion, and increased violence against Forest Guardians. More