Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
While the Amazon rainforest is still being attacked by logging, mining, and cattle raising, Atossa Soltani, who has been in the front lines of the fight to save the Amazon, has hope that, with the return of Lula to the Brazilian presidency, deforestation will be sharply curtailed and hydrological cycles which she describes in detail, can be restored. Lula's inclusion of indigenous leaders in his government is a powerful step toward much needed equity and protection of human rights.
Buoyed by the EU’s decision to ban the import of all goods, including timber and animal products, that come from rainforest destruction, the countries of the Amazon region are uniting to reverse years of devastation that have threatened this critical habitat and carbon sink.
Atossa shares the short animated film, Amazonia 2041: A Vision for the Future.
Atossa Soltani is the Global Strategy Director for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative and founder of Amazon Watch.
Hosted by Sheila Laffey, Ph.D.
For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library
While the Amazon rainforest is still being attacked by logging, mining, and cattle raising, Atossa Soltani, who has been in the front lines of the fight to save the Amazon, has hope that, with the return of Lula to the Brazilian presidency, deforestation will be sharply curtailed and hydrological cycles which she describes in detail, can be restored. Lula's inclusion of indigenous leaders in his government is a powerful step toward much needed equity and protection of human rights.
Buoyed by the EU’s decision to ban the import of all goods, including timber and animal products, that come from rainforest destruction, the countries of the Amazon region are uniting to reverse years of devastation that have threatened this critical habitat and carbon sink.
Atossa shares the short animated film, Amazonia 2041: A Vision for the Future.
Atossa Soltani is the Global Strategy Director for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative and founder of Amazon Watch.
Hosted by Sheila Laffey, Ph.D.
For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library
