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Criminal networks threaten the Amazon; Indigenous leaders want UN…

Indigenous leaders are calling on the United Nations to step in as criminal networks push further into the rainforest; the panel, meanwhile, is still talking.

On air: Chip Darnell, Hank Ledger and Kenji Moonfield on The Pile-On
Published 9:48 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

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First reported by AP News: “Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 9:48 AM ET on The Pile-On, by Chip Darnell, Hank Ledger and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Indigenous, UN, Amazon.
BBN covered this story before: UN biodiversity summit opens as nations fall short of 2030 targets (October 17).

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AP NewsCriminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA sober note after the lighter stories. Criminal networks are threatening the Amazon, and Indigenous leaders are asking the United Nations to act.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe UN should absolutely step in, and I think we need a task force, and a hotline, and a task force to answer the hotline, and...
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCan I just say, the UN has an inbox like everybody else, and the leaders asked in public, which is the only place anyone reads anything anymore.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLet me finish. A casserole is a form of diplomacy.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe leaders want to be heard. We've given them three men who haven't let each other finish a sentence in four minutes.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's a fair review of the panel.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI heard every word I interrupted.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe criminal networks are the threat. The ask is that somebody act.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody here has said what the UN should actually do, and the data doesn't either.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNobody's got a plan, but all of us have a take.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'd like to ask the UN to listen, but first I'd have to wait for you two to stop.

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