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27 June 2019
A regional workshop on “Strengthening the Accessibility and Visibility of Agricultural and Land Data through the Use of Semantics - AGRIS in Europe and Central Asia” was held by FAO in collaboration with the LandPortal Foundation (the Netherlands) in Moscow, 27-28 June 2019, hosted by the Central…
11 June 2019
Paris, 11 Jun 2019 (AFP) - Comer ovos e carne de frango ou porco na Europa aumenta o desmatamento no Brasil e Argentina, em consequência da importação maciça de soja transgênica desses países para alimentar animais, denunciou nesta terça-feira (11) o Greenpeace França.
"No Brasil e na Argentina,…
28 May 2019
Luiz Henrique Eloy Amado detalhou aos acionistas que, em 2018, o equivalente a 100 mil campos de futebol foram desmatados na Bacia do Rio Xingu
O advogado Luiz Henrique Eloy Amado representou um dos acionistas na reunião anual da BlackRock, em Manhattan (NY)
Durante a reunião anual dos…
27 March 2019
Some Democrats want a Green New Deal that Republicans strongly oppose. Here are 5 key issues the deal seeks to tackle.
The US Senate on Tuesday defeated a proposal to take up the Green New Deal in a vote Democrats called a "sham" and a "stunt".
Senators voted 57-0 against proceeding with…
28 February 2019
New law will allow people of Toledo to act as legal guardians for Lake Erie, and polluters could be sued to pay for cleanup costs
When they first started talking about doing something about the algae blooms in Lake Erie, which had made the once pristine water green and slimy and unhealthy from…
7 February 2019
Uma mera entrevista, concedida por um dos chefes indígenas da tribo dos Choctaw, permitiu que um repórter do jornal “Arkansas Gazette” registrasse uma expressão que viria a entrar – de modo nada honroso – para a história dos Estados Unidos.
Ao ser questionado sobre o processo de remoção de seus…
5 February 2019
Nova-iorquinos e solidários do mundo inteiro têm-se manifestado na luta pela preservação da Amazônia Brasileira e do povo que nela habita.
Manifestantes em Nova York gritavam pelas ruas: “Demarcação já! Demarcação já!", do lado de fora do Consulado Brasileiro, no centro de Manhanttan, em pleno…
3 February 2019
Just inland from the coast of Half Moon Bay, green, rolling hills extend in every direction. There are aces of tall grass dedicated to cattle, lamb, pigs, horses and chickens where they can graze and move about freely.
In her green overalls, tan cowgirl hat and brown cowgirl boots, Doniga Markegard…
31 January 2019
Um grupo de ativistas se reuniu nesta quinta-feira em Washington para protestar contra as políticas do presidente Jair Bolsonaro para a delimitação de terras indígenas no Brasil e exigiu respeito aos direitos das comunidades nativas.
Com o lema "Sangue indígena, nenhuma gota a mais", os cerca de 40…
28 January 2019
Historically, farmland could be used for solar or for farming - not both. But that could change
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nathan L'Etoile and Caroline Taylor are both passionate about preserving farmland, but they differ over a question being posed across the United States…
18 January 2019
Native groups are struggling with land encroachment by governments and logging, mining and agribusiness companies
WASHINGTON - Indigenous people from across the globe gathered in the U.S. capital on Friday for a march drawing attention to social and environmental injustices against indigenous…
10 January 2019
NEW YORK - A small Native American tribe in Louisiana whose land has nearly vanished into the sea has moved a step closer to relocating its community further inland after authorities acquired new land for the move, part of a first-of-its-kind project.
The 515 acres (208 hectares) of farmland will…