Greta Thunberg: voice and silence
This open
letter, from a distinguished group of Brazilian mental health academics and
professionals, was first published in El Pais Brazil on 2 September 2019. You
can...
Threats multiply – LAB Newsletter June 2019
2 July 2019
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend
Threats multiply - to women, diversity and the environment
Somos Guerreras is a collective of seasoned artists comprised of...
The power of the first generation without hope
In May, I gave a talk at Harvard University on the Amazon and creating futures and I closed it by saying that hope, like...
Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation
The Bolsonaro administration has launched policies that undermine IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental agency, and ICMBio (The Chico Mendes Institute) which protects the nation’s federal conservation...
Former ministers blast Bolsonaro’s environmental assaults
A new manifesto by eight of Brazil’s past environment ministers has accused the rightist Bolsonaro administration of “a series of unprecedented actions...
The two faces of Norway’s rainforest policies
Norway gives billions to Brazil to save the rainforest. At the same time, Norsk Hydro’s operations lead to large emissions of greenhouse gases...
Conference of World’s Peoples on Climate Change and the Defence of...
Interview with Rene Orellana, Minister of Development Planning of Bolivia, HispanTV Face to Face programme, 15 November 2015.
Climate Change and Bolivia
Interview with René Orellana on the impact of Climate Change on Bolivia. The Democracy Center, March 2012.
Amazon soya boom threatens landless
Brazil’s 1988 constitution and other laws established the right of landless peasants to claim unused and underutilized lands. Thousands, with the support of...
Bolsonaro’s people: the Amazon, indigenous and landless at risk
President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has chosen Ricardo Salles as Brazil’s environment minister. The former São Paulo state government environment secretary is under investigation for...