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Sue Branford's Blogs

Sue Branford is a senior editor at LAB, specializing in Brazil, the Amazon and the environment. Her blogs collect some of her diary accounts of trips to the Amazon and other themes she has pursued in her reporting. Sue worked in Brazil in the 1970s as correspondent for The Financial Times, The Economist and The Observer. Back in the UK, she worked for the BBC World Service and since then she has returned frequently to Brazil on reporting trips for the Times, the Guardian and Mongabay.

Gold Mining in the Amazon: Life in a garimpo

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São José is a currutela, a village of gold-panners. Life is precarious but until recently there was some stability and community spirit.

Munduruku people in the Amazon: “Police and armed forces surround our...

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Indigenous villagers protesting against hydro-electric projects face escalating intimidation.

Rio Trombetas: The Last Quilombo

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Indigenous villagers protesting against hydro-electric projects face escalating intimidation.

Tapajos: Public consultation? –More of a PR exercise

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Government-sponsored 'public consultation' on hydro-electric dam projects falls woefully short.

2. Terra do Meio: Families risk eviction from Ecological Preserve

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Sue Branford reaches an area whose 'ecology' designation puts long-term residents at risk of losing their homes and land

3. The Iriri river, conservation and its costs

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A discussion with settlers about their problems: dams, conservation regulations and land thieves; and a visit to a 'ghost' ranch.

4. Xipaya Indians & Beiradeiros: a tale of two cultures

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Visits to Arara and Xipaya indian communities and beiradeiro river people, the conflicts, agreements and pursuit of fair treatment.

5. Iriri River folk face eviction ‘to protect environment’

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The colonos and beiradeiros live sustainably, but a new ecological station created around them could force these rural people from their lands.

6. Iriri families fight for their homelands

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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.

1: Altamira, vítima de Belo Monte

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  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...

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