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24 January 2017
Esta é uma das prioridades estabelecidas pelo Ministério do Meio Ambiente, juntamente com o combate ao desmatamento e a atenção às comunidades tradicionais
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Brasília (24/01/2017) – O aumento do número de unidades de conservação (UCs) é uma das prioridades do Ministério do Meio…
23 January 2017
Aumento das áreas de proteção e combate ao desmatamento estão entre as prioridades estabelecidas por Sarney Filho com equipe do MMA.
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O ministro do Meio Ambiente, Sarney Filho, priorizará medidas de promoção da sustentabilidade ao longo deste ano. Em reunião realizada nesta…
Com criação de grupo de trabalho, Ministério da Justiça muda processo que demarca terras indígenas ()
23 January 2017
Com a enxurrada de críticas, o Ministério da Justiça e Cidadania (MJC) voltou atrás e revogou a portaria n° 68, que mudava o processo de demarcação de terras indígenas. No lugar dela, conforme publicação no Diário Oficial da União da última sexta (20), foi criada a portaria n° 80, que ainda assim…
20 January 2017
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil has announced changes to the procedure for demarcating indigenous lands in a move campaign groups fear will weaken the land rights of communities facing mounting pressure from illegal logging and big agricultural operations.
Under the decree, demarcation of…
A worker cuts sugar cane in Brazil. Will new supplier policies cut down on land grabs for sugar?
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The Sirinhaem River twists to the southern Atlantic through the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, breaking into a small delta once lush with mangrove trees where Maria Nazarete dos Santos is no…
High interest rates and limited access to capital have meant substantial land purchases are now the preserve of a few producers in Brazil. Instead, much like in the U.S., most Brazilian farmers are looking to maximize productivity of the land they have. (DTN photo by Alastair Stewart)
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Almost 1,500 indigenous people from about 200 different tribes have been protesting in Brazil’s capital as part of a National Week of Indigenous Mobilization. These actions coincide with Brazil’s Day of the Indian on April 19.
The protests are aimed mostly at a new bill, known as PEC 215, that…
How does it measure up?
After Oxfam launched the Behind the Brands campaign in 2013, PepsiCo and four other food-and-beverage giants agreed to adopt a zero tolerance for land grabs[1] by any actor in their supply chains. Notwithstanding the public pressure—270,000 potential consumers rallied…
Brazil’s landless workers demand government re-fund land reform effort
BY FSRN · AUGUST 4, 2015
Militants from Brazil’s landless workers movement have mobilized in the capital Brasilia and across the country, alleging that the federal government is slashing its budget for agrarian reform. The group…
Quelque 23 paysans ont été tués depuis le début de l'année au Brésil dans le cadre de conflits terriens, la majeure partie dans la région amazonienne, a rapporté lundi la Commission pastorale de la terre (CPT), une ONG chrétienne.
Dans un communiqué, la CPT a indiqué que 21 des victimes avaient…
Via Reuters
Landesa - Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:51 GMT
Author: By Patricia Chaves and Malcolm Childress
Scores of women leaders from across Brazil, including indigenous and Afro-Brazilian, rural and urban, from government and civil society, gathered in Recife, the capital of the Brazilian state of…
Via National Public Radio (USA)
For Brazil's 1 Percenters, The Land Stays In The Family Forever
AUGUST 25, 2015 4:49 AM ET
By Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
Here is an eye-popping statistic from Brazil: 1 percent of the population controls almost half the land. The country is one of the…