Douglas Morton

Indigenous Lands are critical for protecting Indigenous Peoples and the Amazon. Yet, they are increasingly exposed to socio-environmental frontiers, bringing violence, illegal resource extraction and deforestation. Urgent action is required to prevent irreversible harm to both people and forests, particularly in Brazil’s Vale do Javari Indigenous Land.

Lumotive raised additional investments of $14M from Amazon and the ITHCA Group (based in Oman) for its Series B investment round. This adds to its to its previous raise Series B raise of $45M in February 2025 at a $200B valuation. Lumotive is a pioneer in solid-state, programmable light management …

Short summary: we have had wild fires for many years now in the Amazon, even in the tropical rainforest - mainly started by humans for forest clearing and ranching. It is not enough to impact significantly on the Paris agreement pledges yet, though it is important in the long term if this continues for decades. It does of course have major and immediate impacts on forest residents, nature services and the biodiversity in Brazil.