The Amazon’s silent crime crisis (commentary)

Mongabay
Apr 15, 2026, 1:59 pm90 ptsTrending
The Amazon is approaching a dangerous threshold. Long understood as the world’s largest tropical forest and a critical regulator of the global climate, its future is increasingly shaped by the convergence of organized crime and environmental crime. This nexus is accelerating deforestation and degradation,…

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