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June

Banks increased deforestation-linked investments by $8B during Covid-19: report (6-15-21)

June 21, 2021
In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Lowland South America
By SALSA

Banks increased deforestation-linked investments by $8B during Covid-19: report Mongabay 6-15-21 The world’s 50 largest financial institutions increased their investments in deforestation-linked commodity companies by more than $8 billion since the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has found.  Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/banks-increased-deforestation-linked-investments-by-8b-during-covid-19-report/...

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11
June

Experiencing Covid-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest (4-1-21)

June 11, 2021
In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Lowland South America
By SALSA

Experiencing Covid-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest Natalia Buitron, Greg Deshoullière, and Maka Suarez (Kaleidos Collective) / Interactions 4-1-21 What is it like to experience Covid-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest? We found out by speaking with a community of the Shuar, Indigenous people of Ecuador and Peru....

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26
May

Study: Brazil government undercounts Indigenous deaths from COVID-19 by half (5-18-21)

May 26, 2021
In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Lowland South America
By SALSA

Study: Brazil government undercounts Indigenous deaths from COVID-19 by half Maurício Angelo / Mongabay 5-18-21 A new study shows that official records underreported COVID-19 deaths among Indigenous people in Brazil by half, and also substantially underreported total numbers of infections. A key factor in the problem is that...

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Peter Gow
20
May

Remembrance of PETER GOW (1958-2021)

May 20, 2021
In In-Memoriam, SALSA's News Archive
By SALSA

[caption id="attachment_15206" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cuicocha, Ecuador, 1997 (photo by Carlos Fausto)[/caption] Lembrança de Peter Gow In-Memoriam (bilingual Portuguese-English) Aparecida Vilaça   Peter Gow foi um dos antropólogos mais originais e sensíveis que conheci. A sua tese de doutorado, uma etnografia do povo Piro/Yine da Amazônia peruana, publicada em 1991...

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