Amazonas, the Opera
A groundbreaking operatic spectacle puts Brazil's Yanomami tribe in the spotlight – and highlights the destruction of the rainforest. Jan Rocha reports.
Brazilian Indians secure nationwide land victory
After months of struggle, Brazil's Indians stop Congress from passing legislation that would jeopardise their control over their land
From Copenhagen to Brazil
Live link-ups with Javier Farje in Copenhagen and Jan Rocha in Brazil and panel discussions with Peter Bunyard, Sue Branford & John Hilary.
Threat to countries refusing Copenhagen accord
Huge pressure is being put put on Bolivia and Ecuador. John Vidal reports.
BRAZIL: CULTURAL HERITAGE UNDER THREAT
Brazil's rush to build roads and hydroelectric power stations is wiping out archaeological sites, many of them of great cultural importance to communities today. In a special article for LAB, Bruna Rocha, reports.
Creativity is vital in environmental research
The key question of the day was how creativity, imagination and play can help researchers both to carry out and communicate environmental research to the public. How, we asked, can collaborations between researchers and artists deepen our understanding of today’s ecological challenges?
Ecuador: Correa’s vision
In a wide-ranging interview Rafael Correa, now elected for a third term, speaks in detail of his strategy for combining economic progress with environmental responsibility.
Saweto: The violence of oblivion
This article is an edited version of one published by Ojo Público. You can see the original here.
Five years after the murder in the heart...
Brazil’s Social Movements and the Olympics
LAB has been listening to leaders of Brazil's social movements to hear the messages they want to get across to the 10,000 journalists in Rio for the Olympics.
Communities battle to save Amazon forest
Amazon communities have seized barges of hard wood to protest over illegal logging. Americas Report has the story