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Daughter of Slain Indigenous Activist Speaks Out in The Miami Herald
Read the story of Diana Ríos, daughter of indigenous environmental activist Jorge Ríos Pérez, who has followed in her father’s footsteps.
Video: Rainforest Foundation US 2019 Year In Review
- December 31, 2019
Rainforest Foundation US’s Senior Geographer, Cameron Ellis, shares an overview of RFUS’s major victories in 2019.
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Delay in Trial for Murder of Four Indigenous Rainforest Activists
The murder trial of Amazon loggers who allegedly killed four indigenous environmental activists from the village of Saweto was postponed at the last moment on Monday, April 4th.
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Panama Government Permits Rainforest Destruction, in Abrupt Reversal
A Panamanian governmental agency annulled the land claim of Aruza, an indigenous Wounaan village sitting on 31 square miles of primary rainforest in the Darien Gap. With the support of Rainforest Foundation US, Aruza is legally challenging the decision.
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