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COP30 Civil Society Rundown: Thousands of Communities and Social Movements, Representing Favelas, Indigenous, Quilombola and Other Marginalized Groups Fill Belém During COP30 [IMAGES]

By RioOnWatch Editorial • Translation by Staff • January 8, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This photo-essay is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the […]

From Local Conferences to COPs, Decision-Making on Climate Excludes Those Who Hold Critical Knowledge and Are Most Impacted: Indigenous Peoples and Informal Settlements [OPINION]

By Kaolin Maxakali • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • May 22, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]

Maracanã Village Urban Indigenous Resistance Takes Center Stage at Rio 2025 Carnival, Despite Threats of Forced Eviction and Carnival Fire

By Dayse Alves • Translation by Staff • February 28, 2025

Clique aqui para Português In Aldeia Maracanã (Maracanã Village), an indigenous village located next to the iconic soccer stadium of the same name, numerous efforts have been underway since 2006 to resist the pressures of […]

The Multiethnic Indigenous University of Aldeia Maracanã: Indigenous Knowledge and Forest Education in the Heart of Rio de Janeiro

By Dayse Alves • Translation by Hannah McKenzie • February 22, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article, the result of an interview with Mônica Lima Mura Manaú Arawak, Brazil’s only university professor of its Mura indigenous people, is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner […]

Inspired by Ancestralized Grandma Josefa Silva Nascimento, Enterprising Afro-Indigenous Women in Rio de Janeiro Found the As Josefinas Institute [PROFILE]

By Carla Regina • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • January 30, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, in […]