Beauty, biodiversity, and Indigenous people’s cultural wisdom aside, its gift to the world is 20% of our oxygen
- Video: Nixiwaka Yawanawá on Why Brazil’s Indigenous People Fight for the Amazon Rainforest | TEDx
“Nixiwaka Yawanawá is a member of the Yawanawá tribe, a community of Indigenous people who live within the Amazon rainforest, on the Acre River Headwaters Indigenous Land. Nixiwaka asks us to consider why a way of life that is designed to be entirely in tune with its environment and resources is being destroyed by a way of life that isn’t.” This video was featured in tUrn2 (spring 2020). [16:13]
- The Destruction of the Amazon, Explained | Vox
“The Amazon rainforest has been reduced by about 17% since the 1970s.” Vox explores the history of this destruction and the state of the rainforest now. Watch the second and third video in this three-part series. [11:44]
- Tracking Amazonian Rainforest Deforestation from Above | NASA
“Scientists have used satellites to track the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest for several decades — enough time to see some remarkable shifts in the pace and location of clearing.”
Amazon Rainforest: The World’s Most Biodiverse Region | Nature & Culture International
Learn about the species diversity, climate stabilization, cultural importance, and other benefits that make the Amazon “so vital to life on Earth.”
- Dr. Jane Goodall's Message for International Day of Forests 2021 | Jane Goodall Institute
“Let’s get together and do everything we can to help the people who are protecting the forests. To think of trees as individuals with a value of their own, not just their value to us. That’s my plea to you today.” [05:55]
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