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Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures on Reserves and Indigenous territories in Brazil’s Amazon, fuelling deforestation and trampling on the rights of Indigenous and traditional people living there, Amnesty International says in a new report.

The Award honours four practical visionaries whose leadership has empowered millions of people to defend their inalienable rights and to strive for a liveable future for all on planet Earth.

Greenpeace International has launched a campaign asking fast food giants Burger King, McDonald’s and KFC to reject goods linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon and across Brazil.  

Hundreds of Baka 'Pygmies' from the Congo rainforest have written to the European Commission, pleading with officials to visit them before providing more funds for the controversial Messok Dja park on their land.