#Kayapó #ForestDefenders Urge #UnitedNations to Help Halt Illegal #GoldMining in #Brazil

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
July 23, 2024

GENEVA -- "#Indigenous from Brazil urged the United Nations to join them and demand Brazil halt illegal gold mining, and its #mercury #contamination, now destroying the ancestral homelands of #Kayapó, #Yanomami and #Munduruku Peoples, during the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

"Doto Takak Ire, Mebêngôkre, said, 'The Kayapó are still warriors and we will always be defenders of the forests.'

"'We do not want any kind of #exploitation of #NaturalResources in our territories. We want the #Amazon protected, so that our children and all the children of the world can grow up healthy.'"

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/kayapo-forest-defenders-urge-united.html

Great news for the Amazon! Deforestation alerts have hit a five-year low despite challenging drought conditions. This positive trend shows our efforts are making a difference in protecting this vital ecosystem. Let's keep pushing for a greener future! Read more about it here. - https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/despite-drought-amazon-deforestation-alerts-hit-five-year-low/

#AmazonRainforest #Deforestation #EnvironmentalSuccess #ProtectTheAmazon #GreenFuture #Sustainability #EcoWarriors #ClimateAction #Conservation #SaveOurPlanet #GoodNews

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