Amazon Nature Reserve loses its protected status

[Catherine]

A vast nature reserve in the Amazon has just lost its protected status. That means private companies can open up mines in the area. The area is home to countless vulnerable species of plants and animals. It is home to many indigenous people. For them all this could be a disaster. When have mining companies ever protected the land. 

https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0824/899584-brazil_amazon/

It will be profits over people, plants and animals. The vulnerable don't stand a chance. Since loss of any part of the Amazon rainforest area effects the health of the whole planet, the Brazilian government has betrayed us all.

Nature reserves are not just some nice idea that someone thought up. They are part of maintaining biodiversity and keeping the planet healthy. We need thriving ecosystems if we want the planet to remain habitable.