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A wave of protest sweeps the continent
Amnesty international has launched a new report into illegal cattle farming in the Brazilian Amazon.Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures that violate human rights in Reserves and Indigenous territories.Satellite imagery and official data reveal evidence of cattle farming in protected areas.By gaining access to animal health agencies’ data on farm registrations and cattle...
‘Amazon at Risk – it affects us all’ This was the theme of an event held in Belém, in
the Brazilian Amazon, which started on 28 October 2019. The event was organized
by Christian Aid partner Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB) -The
Movement of People Affected by Dams.
The meeting also
convened the We Are...
After the
Catholic Church started the preparation for its Amazon Synod, Christian Aid’s Latin
America and the Caribbean division worked with faith-based organisations across
the region. Together they created a declaration to support the Synod and to ask
that all decisions be made taking into account the peoples of the Amazon
forest. This declaration, called We are the Amazon, highlights the commitments...
This article by Pepe Escobar first appeared in the Asia Times of 11 November. You can read the original here.
Pepe Escobar is a Brazilian journalist. He writes a column – The Roving Eye – for Asia Times Online, and works as an analyst for RT, Sputnik News, and Press TV. In addition, he...
São Paulo, November 10 2019. Following a controversial Supreme Court ruling, Lula has been temporarily freed after 580 days in prison on a corruption charge he has always denied. His freedom came, not because of the leaked conversations that revealed a conspiracy between local judge, now Justice Minister, Sergio Moro and the prosecutors to stop Lula running...
This is the first of a series of articles contributed by LAB partner Agência Pública from São Paulo, Brazil. It brings together material first published in the series 'Amazônia sem Lei' on Agência Pública's website. You can see the original and other material (in Portuguese) here.
97.7% of conflict...
A number of indigenous leaders from the Amazon were at the forefront of climate action events in New York 19-28 September 2019. The protests, rallies and symposia were organised around the UN Climate Action Summit that took place alongside the annual UN General Assembly.
Linda Etchart was there for LAB and interviewed a...
Brazil is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world
and contains 20% of the Earth´s water springs – but all this is threatened by
the development model implemented in the countryside.
In the west region of Bahia, in the Northeast of the
country, communities are feeling the effects of land and power concentration in
their...
“A number of indigenous leaders from the Amazon were at the forefront of climate action events in New York 19-28 September 2019. The protests, rallies and symposia were organised around the UN Climate Summit on 23 September 2019, within the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly, September 17 – 30, 2019. Linda Etchart was there for...