O Relatório Violência Contra os Povos Indígenas do Brasil – dados de 2020, publicado anualmente pelo Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Cimi), apre- senta o retrato de um ano trágico para os povos originários no país. A grave crise sanitária provocada pela pandemia do coronavírus, ao contrário do…
A quarta edição do relatório Cumplicidade na Destruição, realizado em parceria entre a Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil e a Amazon Watch resgata brevemente a trajetória da mineração de larga escala no Brasil, em especial seu histórico de avanço sobre os povos indígenas, e destaca o novo…
L’étude a analysé dans 31 pays l’état de la reconnaissance juridique des droits des peuples autochtones, des communautés locales et des populations afro-descendantes sur le carbone présent sur leurs terres et territoires. Ensemble, ces pays détiennent près de 70 % des forêts tropicales du globe…
<ul><li><em>Les émissions provenant de l’augmentation des échanges bilatéraux de </em><em>10</em><em> produits agricoles clés devraient augmenter de </em><em>15 %, si l'accord de libre-échange entre l'Association européenne…
The battle for land reform is a persistent and intensifying dimension of politics and social life in the Global South where people are struggling to escape the claws of colonialism and capitalism. Here, the violent history of being stripped of the land and forced to sell labor power has left a…
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<ul><li>Multi-stakeholder forums (MSFs) have received renewed attention worldwide given the urgency to transform development trajectories during the climate crisis.</li>
<li>We interviewed forty-five organizers of thirteen MSFs in four countries to…
Today, the Coalition for Urban Transitions releases a new report ‘Seizing the Urban Opportunity’, which provides insights from six emerging economies on how national governments can recover from COVID-19, tackle the climate crisis and secure shared prosperity through cities. Launching as a call…
Although renewable energy holds great promise in mitigating climate change, there are socioeconomic and ecological tradeoffs related to each form of renewable energy. Forest-related bioenergy is especially controversial, because tree plantations often replace land that could be used to grow food…
The webinar Rolling back social and environmental safeguards in the name of COVID-19, organized by Forest Peoples Programme, the Tenure Facility, Middlesex University, the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and the Land Portal Foundation, took place on Thursday, February 18, 2021.…
O artigo se propõe a tensionar o campo do patrimônio cultural pelo modo de pensar rizomático. O objetivo geral é questionar as políticas ancoradas na questão identitária e, atreladas a elas, políticas de direito territorial no Brasil. Nesse questionamento, colocamo-nos em uma posição de contra-…
The stabling of livestock farming implies changes in both local ecosystems (regeneration of forest stands via reduced grazing) and those located thousands of kilometers away (deforestation to produce grain for feeding livestock). Despite their importance, these externalities are poorly known.…
The burning and the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon forest, which has been recently highlighted by the international press and occurs mostly on public or undesignated land, calls for an in-depth examination. This has traditionally been the main way to grab land, speculate, and…