COVID‐19 has been particularly damaging to already vulnerable social groups, such as forest peoples. In Brazil, indigenous, Afro‐Brazilian quilombolas and other racialised communities have suffered disproportionately under Bolsonaro's hands‐off policy during the pandemic. We argue that, far from happenstance, this policy fits into a form of necropolitics towards forest peoples. Drawing from Achille Mbembe's seminal work, this article analyses how underlying (and sometimes overt) racism, cultural depredation, and government‐supported deforestation constitute an assault now catalysed by the pandemic. Understanding forest peoples' disproportionate deaths in perspective is critical for addressing their growing vulnerability and the broader politics currently at play.

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丛林中的政治僵尸：COVID-19与巴西森林人民的边缘化

COVID-19对已经脆弱的社会群体（例如森林人民）尤其有害。在巴西，土著人，非裔巴西人quilombolas等racialised社区不成比例下Bolsonaro的过程中遭受大流行放手政策。我们认为，这一政策绝非偶然，而是适合于对森林民族的一种死政治化。本文从阿奇里·姆贝姆贝（Achille Mbembe）的开创性工作中吸取了经验，分析了潜在的（有时是公开的）种族主义，文化掠夺和政府支持的森林砍伐如何构成由大流行引起的攻击。透视森林人的死亡比例，对于解决他们日益增长的脆弱性和目前正在发挥作用的广泛政治至关重要。