Amazon activist and wife shot dead in Brazil
Rubber tapper and pro amazon environmentalist Joao Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, and his wife Maria do Espirito Santo were ambushed and killed in the Amazon state of Para.He had recieved numerous death threats by cattle ranchers and loggers as he was working in defense of local people who had their livelihood based on extracting renewable products from the forests.
His death renews concern over the often violent conflicts surrounding natural resources in Latin America's largest country
Rubber tapper and pro amazon environmentalist Joao Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, and his wife Maria do Espirito Santo were ambushed and killed in the Amazon state of Para.He had recieved numerous death threats by cattle ranchers and loggers as he was working in defense of local people who had their livelihood based on extracting renewable products from the forests.
His death renews concern over the often violent conflicts surrounding natural resources in Latin America's largest country
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