The Two Perus
The gulf between the Coastal and Highland economies, the dispossession caused by extractive industry and failure to involve local people mean that inequality in Peru remains stubbornly high, says Christian Aid partner, CEDAP.
Part 6: Fordlândia
In the sixth and final episode of her journey, LAB editor Sue Branford takes time off to visit Fordlândia, Henry Ford's failed attempt to create rubber plantations in the Brazilian Amazon.
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.
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.
Part 3: Uruará
In the third episode of her journey, LAB editor Sue Branford reaches Uruará, a town of some 50,000 inhabitants on the Transamazônica highway.
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.
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.
Climate Smart Agriculture in Latin America: A Sustainable Development Alternative
A renowned Costa Rican environmentalist says that small-scale farming can help resolve the problem of climate change in Central America.
How illegal logging in Brazil’s Amazon turns ‘legal’
Deforestation is a major contributor to climate change. In Brazil, in spite of the fact that deforestation has diminished in recent years, illegal logging is still a serious concern.
BRAZIL: A FOREST CODE FOR AGRIBUSINESS?
The complexity and contradictions of Brazil’s new Forest Code will make it hard to enforce and easy to evade, says the Instituto Socioambiental.