News Headline
'No man wanted to do it': The woman fighting to save Brazil's Amazon from illegal loggers – video
Source
Guardian (International Edition)
Publication Date
2021-11-09
Marli Yontep Krikati became the first woman in her Amazon village to lead the forest guardians after the men declared the job too dangerous. The forest guardians are groups of indigenous Brazilians who patrol their territories to guard against illegal logging, farming and mining in the face of lax enforcement of Brazil's environmental laws under Jair Bolsonaro's government.