Tag: Farmers

Pedro Mura, from the Mura tribe, reacts in front of a deforested area inside the Amazon rainforest - REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Through Green Land Grabbing, Farmers in the Amazon Steal from Indians and Trick the Law

As global demand for food commodities has swelled, so has the practice of “land ...

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Fabio Teixeira
Cutting down the Amazon - SEMA

Bad Times Being Used as Excuse to Dramatically Increase Cutting Down the Amazon

From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of ...

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Chris Arsenault
Tropical Forest Institute (IFT) in action at the city Paragominas, Pará state

Brazil’s Former Minister Wants Farmers and Environmentalists United to Save the Amazon

Former Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira has made an impassioned plea for a “new ...

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Paola Totaro

Brazilian Protesters Take to the Streets. They Are Fed-Up Farmers.

Thousands of small farmers took to the streets in several Brazilian cities to protest ...

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