Al Jazeera Correspondent: The Crying Forest

October 03, 2011 from Al Jazeera English

Rainforest activist Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife Maria were murdered in May, 2011. The killing was an apparent revenge attack after the couple repeatedly reported illegal logging and ranching. Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo follows the story of an activist who lived and died for the Amazon.

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Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva

José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva was a Brazilian conservationist and environmentalist who campaigned against logging and clearcutting of trees in the Amazon rainforest. Ribeiro da Silva, who was also known by the nickname Zé Cláudio, campaigned against illegal logging, deforestat... Explore this topic

Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon rainforest, also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 square kilometres, of which 5,500,000 square kilometres are covered by the rainfor... Explore this topic

Illegal logging

Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission or from a protected area; the cutting of prot... Explore this topic

Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and the Latin American region. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population, with over 193 million people. It is the largest Lusophone cou... Explore this topic

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human, and generally this premeditated state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide. As the loss of a human being inflicts enormous grief upon the individuals close to the victim, ... Explore this topic

Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. More than half of the animal and plant spec... Explore this topic

Conservation

Conservation biology is the scientific study of the nature and status of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an interdisciplinary subject drawin... Explore this topic

Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental change, or stasis. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or p... Explore this topic

Nova Ipixuna

Nova Ipixuna is a town and municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. Explore this topic

Environment

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements. Environ... Explore this topic

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