5. Iriri River folk face eviction ‘to protect environment’
The colonos and beiradeiros live sustainably, but a new ecological station created around them could force these rural people from their lands.
Part 2: Santarém
In the second episode of her journey, LAB editor Sue Branford reaches Santarém, a sleepy river-port located precisely where the green water of the Tapajós river flows in to the red, muddier water of the Amazon.
Gold Mining in the Amazon: Life in a garimpo
São José is a currutela, a village of gold-panners. Life is precarious but until recently there was some stability and community spirit.
Part 5: Altamira, Belo Monte, Anapu – colonos and loggers
In the fifth episode of her journey, LAB editor Sue Branford continues eastwards along the Transamazônica highway to the town of Altamira, which, due to the Belo Monte hydroelectric power station, is expanding at a momentous rate.
6. Iriri families fight for their homelands
The extraordinary story of Doña Zefa's fight to remain on her land in the face of an over-literal interpretation of conservation law which may see her evicted.
2: Terra do Meio: Famílias sob risco de expulsão na Estação...
Publicado originalmente em 14 de março de 2016.
Na segunda de seis postagens, Sue Branford fala de uma área onde a criação de uma unidade...
1: Altamira, vítima de Belo Monte
1: Altamira, vítima de Belo Monte
Autor: Sue Branford
Publicado originalmente em 07 de março de 2016.
Na primeira de seis postagens, Sue Branford descreve uma cidade...
Part 4: The Sister Dorothy Sustainable Development Project
In the fourth episode of her journey, LAB editor Sue Branford visits the Sister Dorothy Sustainable Development Project (PDS), named after the American religious sister murdered in 2005 for her opposition to abuses by landowners and loggers.
Munduruku people in the Amazon: “Police and armed forces surround our...
Indigenous villagers protesting against hydro-electric projects face escalating intimidation.
Part 1: São Paulo
In the first episode of her journey, LAB editor Sue Branford visits São Paulo where she lived in the 1970s under the military dictatorship.