Indigenous defenders stand between illegal roads and survival of the Amazon rainforest

If the Amazon rainforest becomes a savanna, there will be reverberations in the climates of South America, the Caribbean, North America and across the globe. Indigenous defenders stand between illegal roads and survival of the Amazon rainforest – elections in Brazil and Peru could be a turning point.

By David S. Salisbury

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