Very necessary and pertinent your post, more at this time, @ladyrebecca. Most of the time the concern for the Amazon does not go beyond a slogan, such as "The Amazon is the lung of the planet. And certainly, as you say, the destruction of that habitat, of its people, animals and nature in general is old. And local governments, foreigners, regional and international companies are all involved. On the Venezuelan side, there is the enormous problem with the so-called "Mining Arc," which has been denounced.
One of the Amazonian ethnic groups that has remained furthest from the destructive effects of Western civilization has been the yanomami, the so-called "sons of the moon". There is a beautiful book about this ethnic group entitled The circle of fires by anthropologist Jacques Lizot and an extraordinary documentary film entitled The initiation of a shaman (which I don't know if it will be on youtube), illustrates very well this survivor of Amazonian culture.
Thanks for your good post, @ladyrebecca.