The Emergence Machine
Amazon at tipping point
Brazil’s election outcome could determine the Amazon’s fate, as Lula’s re-election offers renewed protection for the rainforest, per Wonkette.
Indigenous communities hold significant sway in Brazil's political landscape, with their votes pivotal to environmental policy, reports Amazon Watch.
The Amazon basin continues to face deforestation pressures, with an area equivalent to Belgium lost over four decades, according to Noticias Ambientales.
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E7 · E9 · E10E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E7, ecosystems; the pressure it names: Amazon tipping point. Its words also reach E9 cultures and E10 institutions.
Here it is a dynamic between ecosystems, cultures and institutions: deforestation pressures (E7 ecosystems), with Indigenous communities (E9 cultures), and environmental policy (E10 institutions).
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: deforestation pressures.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: Indigenous communities.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: environmental policy.