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From Agroecology to Land Rights: Bahian Quilombo Communities Launch a Collective Council

By Thaís Rosa Pinheiro • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • February 13, 2018

Clique aqui para Português The Quilombo Council of the Iguape Basin and Valley, from the Cachoeira region of Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, held its first meeting on January 28 in Quilombo do Dendê, located […]

#EvictionsWatch

Indigenous Peoples in the Urban Context: José Urutau Guajajara [INTERVIEW]

By Lucas Smolcic Larson • Translation by Rachel Fox • November 13, 2017

Clique aqui para Português José Urutau Guajajara is one of the key leaders in the movement for indigenous rights in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Raised in the Guajajara Village in the Brazilian state of […]

#ParticipationWatch

Public Hearing Discusses Legal Standing of TKCSA in Santa Cruz

By Claire Lepercq, Sabrina Norris • June 27, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico (CSA) is a joint venture between Brazil’s mining giant Vale do Rio Doce and the German multinational group Thyssenkrupp. Its steel plant occupies an area of 80km² […]

#EvictionsWatch

Last House in Praia do Sossego Could Be Removed Imminently Leaving Residents Homeless

By Claire Lepercq • May 4, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Starting on Friday May 6, the last house standing on Praia do Sossego, a traditional fishing community on the ocean-facing side of Niterói, the city east of Rio de Janeiro in […]

Civil Society

First Meeting on Community Tourism in Rio State’s Green Coast, or Costa Verde

By Thaís Rosa Pinheiro • Translation by Luana Gama • September 7, 2015

Clique aqui para Português The first Green Coast (Costa Verde) Community Tourism Meeting took place in the caiçara (traditional fishing) community of Tarituba in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro state, from July 23 to 25. The meeting was […]

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