Brazilians who defend the Amazon are facing threats and attacks from criminal networks engaged in illegal logging. The situation is only getting worse under President Bolsonaro, whose assault on the country’s environmental agencies is putting the rainforest and the people who live there at much greater risk. https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/17/brazil-criminal-networks-target-rainforest-defenders
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Rainforest Mafias: How Violence and Impunity Fuel Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon | Human Right Watch
