Sarah Sax is a multimedia freelance journalist and producer who covers the environment, deforestation, land rights, and gender. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, WIRED, Huffington Post, Undark, Bustle, VICE News and more. Sarah has a masters in environmental science and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Indigenous lands now reported key to mitigating climate change in Brazil
In April, Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recognized an additional two Indigenous territories, including one 32,000-hectare (more than 79,000-acre) territory belonging to the Karajá peoples in Mato Grosso. According to a new study published in the journal Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, this act alone could quite possibly be the best investment not just for Indigenous rights, but for securing the future climate stability of the state.
June 27, 2024