Help us fight it | Katharine Viner Read moreToday, however, their region is once again under threat as the government of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, encourages commercial development of the Amazon. Among the projects that aim to do this is a new solar-powered fruit pulping facility at Surucua village. “It’s a food forest,” says Mayá Schwade, a biologist who works with the community. Its goal is to protect the forest and raise living standards by pushing village production up the value chain. “On the borders of our territory we face a lot of pressure from loggers,” says Angelo Sousa, a forest engineer who was born in the village.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2020 06:00 UTC