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Sustainable Favela Network 5th Annual Full-Network Meet-Up: Connecting, Planning, and Ancestry in Morro do Salgueiro [VIDEO]

By Sustainable Favela Network • Translation by Staff • January 5, 2023

 Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, November 27, 2022, the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)* held its first in-person full network meet-up since 2019, taking over the Raízes da Tijuca Carnival Bloco headquarters in Morro do […]

#InterventionWatch

The Degradation of Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Wetlands, Part 4: Utility Provider Iguá to Invest Billions in the Region’s Sewage Treatment

By Felipe Migliani, Fernanda Calé • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • November 30, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is the final in a series of four articles about the “Degradation of the Pantanal Carioca,” as Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone wetlands were once known.  With a R$7.29 billion (US$1.36 […]

#HousingWatch

New Paths for Building Sustainable Cities: The Potential of Collective Land Management Based on the Community Land Trust

By Felipe Litsek • Translation by Isaac Goodwin • November 27, 2022

Clique aqui para Português As part of the UN’s Urban October’s Urban Circuit 2022 and World CLT Day 2022, the Favela Community Land Trust Project* held the webinar ‘New Paths for Building Sustainable Cities: The Potential […]

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The Degradation of Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Wetlands, Part 3: Growing Frequency of Flooding in Jacarepaguá Lagoon Communities

By Felipe Migliani, Fernanda Calé • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • November 25, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is the third in a series of four articles about the “Degradation of the Pantanal Carioca,” as Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone wetlands were once known.  Rio de Janeiro’s Climate Change […]

#InterventionWatch

The Degradation of Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Wetlands, Part 2: Pollution Produced Through a Historical Absence of Sanitation Services

By Felipe Migliani, Fernanda Calé • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • November 20, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is the second in a series of four articles about the “Degradation of the Pantanal Carioca,” as Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone wetlands were once known.  On June 21, helicopter […]

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