Our Lungs are Under Attack — We Must Protect Them to Stay Alive

Indigenous peoples are calling for an immediate moratorium on extraction from the Amazon.

Since I was a child in the 1980’s I have heard calls to protect the Amazon. I remember watching videos of massive trees being cut down, soil washed away, and areas of lush forest burnt and cleared. I was told McDonalds was the villain, as the land was being destroyed for cattle farming, soy monoculture and fast-food burgers. As a six-year-old I decided not to eat McDonalds…