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Brazil: the Carbon Credit Bonanza

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Brazil: the Carbon Credit Bonanza. Celestial Green Ventures, a carbon trading company based in Ireland, has been quietly signing contracts with a series of indigenous groups in the Amazon.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION

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Although there have been advances on the legislative and policy front regarding women, many of the reforms exist only on paper. In fact, violence against women is actually increasing, says Tian Spain.

Brazil — Waimiri-Atroari indigenous massacre

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Thanks to Brazil's Truth Commission, hard evidence is finally emerging of one of the worst atrocities of the last 40 years

Oriximiná: Quilombolas vs the mines 3 — David vs Goliath

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This is the third in a series of four blog-posts, written for Christian Aid and LAB by distinguished journalists João Peres and Moriti Neto 3....

Mexico’s ‘Tren Maya’ railway: fat jaguars vs starving babies?

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Elva Narcia is the founder of glifoscomunicaciones.org, one of LAB’s partners in Mexico. The article was translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor The Tren Maya...

Tapajós under attack 4: Day of Terror in Tapajós river basin

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The Tapajós River Basin lies at the heart of the Amazon, and at the heart of an exploding controversy: whether to build 40+ large...

The two faces of Norway’s rainforest policies

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Norway gives billions to Brazil to save the rainforest. At the same time, Norsk Hydro’s operations lead to large emissions of greenhouse gases...

El Salvador: Indigenous rights-still waiting

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Despite official recognition of their rights, no public policies or laws have made these constitutional rights a reality for indigenous people.

BRAZIL’S BLIND SPOT: RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUALITY

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Despite its multicultural image, Brazil fails to address racial inequality. Today, racial democracy is a dangerous illusion.

Cholet – the Work of Freddy Mamani, who built Salas de...

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Documentary film, one hour long, showing the  Salas de Eventos - over 60 in number - that have been designed and built by Freddy...

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