This document summarises the key themes that emerged from a series of workshops and interviews about the FTA with representatives from local organisations, collectives, and Indigenous and traditional communities in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. It provides valuable insight into the positions and preoccupations of community members across Mercosur.
The Amazon in Flames: Deforestation and fire in the Amazon during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Amazon in Flames: Deforestation and fire in the Amazon during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A deforested area of at least 4,500 square kilometers in the Brazilian Amazon, three times larger than the city of São Paulo, Brazil, is ready to burn. The result of the sum of what was felled in the first four months of last year—still not burned. This fallen...