Imaginings
stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other imaginative accounts of the natural world
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“This madness has to stop!†Indigenous Voices on the Destruction of the Amazon
By Teresa Millesi Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on Indigenous groups in Latin America, especially in Brazil, where the president Jair Bolsonaro has downplayed its severity, with his ministers calling it an “opportunity†for illegal logging in the Amazon. Horrifying videos of hospital corridors lined with corpses and pictures of mass graves in Manaus,…
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The Future of Amazonia: Inheritance or Ruin?
By MarcÃlio de Freitas Amazonia is one of the planet’s last utopias. Even before the New World was “discovered,†it existed in the imaginary of foreign travelers and governments. Yet the future of Brazil’s Amazonia region is fast becoming a tragedy in the making, which is calling out for international attention.