Amazon Struggles Against Environmental Racism: The Hidden Crisis in Brazil 🌱

Discover how millions in Brazil are battling environmental racism amid severe droughts and ecological challenges, revealing a crisis that demands urgent attention.

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Millions of people in Brazil face a problem that goes far beyond a drought event which has gotten out of hand. They are victims of the so-called environmental racism, a term that emerged in the 1980s in the United States and now returns with more force as COP 30 approaches, to be held in Belém next year. The concept denounces the inequality in the distribution of environmental impacts, which disproportionately affect marginalized populations and ethnic minorities, whether they are people living in the forest or the poorest communities living in urban slums. In the Amazon, this discrimination is manifested by the confluence of several factors, ranging from the lack of basic sanitation to the dumping of toxic waste in vulnerable areas, to land grabbing and exploitation of lands belonging to traditional peoples. Such conditions make these communities the main victims of climate catastrophes – a scenario aggravated by consumer logic and ideas of racial superiority.<br /><br /><br /><br />Amazônia quer driblar desafios do racismo ambiental <br />Milhões de pessoas no Brasil enfrentam um problema que vai muito além de uma estiagem que saiu do controle. Eles são vítimas do chamado racismo ambiental, um termo que surgiu na década de 1980, nos Estados Unidos, e volta com mais força com a proximidade da COP 30, que será realizada em Belém, no próximo ano. O conceito denuncia a desigualdade na distribuição dos impactos ambientais, que afetam de maneira desproporcional as populações marginalizadas e minorias étnicas, seja os povos que vivem na floresta ou as comunidades mais pobres que habitam as favelas das cidades. Na Amazônia, essa discriminação se apresenta na confluência de vários fatores, que vão da falta de saneamento básico ao despejo de resíduos tóxicos em áreas vulneráveis, à grilagem e exploração de terras pertencentes a povos tradicionais - o que torna essas comunidades as principais vítimas das catástrofes climáticas, situação agravada por lógicas de consumo a ideias de superioridade racial.

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