Lawyers Press International Court to Investigate a ‘Network’ Committing Crimes Against Humanity in Brazil’s Amazon A court filing details an unrelenting barrage of threats, torture and murders intended to drive rural people from the rainforest and speed the extraction of natural resources. In a novel strategy, lawyers argue that the crimes are linked to a coordinated web of politicians, business officials and gangs. By Katie Surma
In Brazil, the World’s Largest Tropical Wetland Has Been Overwhelmed With Unprecedented Fires and Clouds of Propaganda By Jill Langlois
Indigenous Land Rights Are Critical to Realizing Goals of the Paris Climate Accord, a New Study Finds By Katie Surma
Backed by International Investors, Mining Companies Line Up to Expand in or Near the Amazon’s Indigenous Territories By Katie Surma
The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault By Georgina Gustin
Are Bolsonaro’s Attacks on the Amazon and Indigenous Tribes International Crimes? A Third Court Plea Says They Are By Katie Surma
Indigenous Leaders and Human Rights Groups in Brazil Want Bolsonaro Prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity By Katie Surma
As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal By Marianne Lavelle, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas Kusnetz