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How One Rich American Is Helping to Burn the Amazon rainforest for Profit


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Published on 30 Aug 2019
One rich American, CEO Stephen Schwarzman, is responsible for much of the ongoing destruction of the Amazon — and he happens to be a top donor to President Trump and Mitch McConnell.

The indigenous Kayapo Indians of Brazil have protected their vast amazon homeland from illegal loggers, ranchers and gold miners with the help of NGOs, ecologists and a Canadian solar energy company.
The Kayapo Indians: Fighting For The Amazon Rainforest
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by Barbara Zimmerman, Ecologist
article here.

Indigenous people only survive if they have land and the forest. Once the forest is gone they are extinguished. Ergo...