As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water

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As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water

Mariazinha Baré spent her childhood bathing and playing in the Upper Negro River. Born and raised on the triple border where Brazil meets Colombia and Venezuela, she is now worried about the waters of one of the Amazon’s main rivers. Illegal mining activities on the border region have been degrading the water in the Negro. Although scientists have shown the river is mostly in good shape, Mariazinha’s concerns echo issues many Indigenous people h…