{"id":11051,"date":"2021-04-01T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T03:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/?p=11051"},"modified":"2021-04-27T23:29:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T03:29:49","slug":"films-discussion-on-the-indigenous-struggle-to-protect-the-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/2021\/films-discussion-on-the-indigenous-struggle-to-protect-the-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Films &#038; Discussion on the Indigenous Struggle to Protect the Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuesday, May 11th | 7-8:30pm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Screening of two short films:\u00c2\u00a0<em>Brazil: Guardians of the Amazon<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0<em>Brazil: Impunity in the Amazon<\/em>, followed by discussion with Ethan Shirley<br>Registration Required\u00c2\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/brazil-guardians-of-the-amazon-brazil-impunity-in-the-amazon-tickets-150971713459\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amazon_Brazil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11052\" width=\"404\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amazon_Brazil.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amazon_Brazil-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guardians of the Forest set fire to the equipment of&nbsp;illegal loggers in a bid to protect their ancestral homelands. The destruction of the Amazon rainforest has increased sharply with the rise to power of Jair Bolsonaro, who insists that indigenous people own too much land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Among the nine federated states that make up the Brazilian Amazon, Rond\u00c3\u00b4nia has lost the most forest: a surface area the size of New York has been wiped up the map, up 50% from the year before.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Impunity in the Amazon continues from the Guardians to speak with small farmers in other areas of Brazil and the threats to their land and livelihood such as cattle farming and soya agribusiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ethan is a conservationist, legal scholar, and extinction researcher. Working on conservation and sustainable development in the Brazilian Pantanal since 2003, his research addresses issues of past extinction in woolly mammoths as well as modern questions of ecology, environmental law, and policy to prevent extinction in the future. He holds a Master&#8217;s in Fisheries and Wildlife and a Juris Doctor from Michigan State University. Currently, he is a PhD candidate in Paleontology at the University of Michigan. He also holds active positions on the boards of Focus Conservation Fund, a conservation and ecotourism nonprofit, and Juara Foundation, which supports education and research in conservation priority regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, May 11th | 7-8:30pm Screening of two short films:\u00c2\u00a0Brazil: Guardians of the Amazon\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0Brazil: Impunity in the Amazon, followed by discussion with Ethan ShirleyRegistration Required\u00c2\u00a0here. The Guardians of the Forest set fire to the equipment of&nbsp;illegal loggers in a bid to protect their ancestral homelands. 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