The Amazon

Linda Poppe of Survival International talks about how the human rights organization helps the Yanomami and other indigenous groups defend their lives, their land and their future.More ...

“A pictorial log of leaves, lights, colour and water,” Brazilian journalist Stella Senra describes her experience of Demini, a village in the Amazon rain forest.More ...

Like a man, the forest is suffering from deforestation. The spirits dwell in the forest. We have to defend and protect them – against rapacious destroyers.More ...

The forest is more to Davi Kopenawa than an impassive scenario. It is his, and his people’s, habitat and religion. He is fighting indefatigably to save the rain forest, which, the Yanomami believe, provides a haven for human and non-humans alike.More ...

In the perilous game of “rain forest roulette” and the race for its abundant resources, there can be no winner. The Amazonian “climate machine” is being driven to the brink of the abyss. The Yanomami hope to save it.More ...