Xavante Warã Association has received support from CESE’s emergency campaign By Amanda Marqui and Luana Almeida According to data from the National Institute of Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais: INPE), between January and December last year, almost 200 thousand outbreaks of fire were recorded in the country. Mato Grosso came top of the […]
The most recent report of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil: APIB) (2 October) contained records of the deaths of 837 indigenous people as a result of COVID-19, while 34,608 thousand people from 159 peoples have been infected. Mato Grosso do Sul, which has the second highest population […]
Following fire, rural community in Tocantins fights to reorganize community farm By Rafael Oliveira Cassava, beans, rice, pumpkin, corn, potato, okra, gherkins, parsley… the list of food produced by the Tauá rural community is long and varied. Everybody is involved in the planting and harvesting work: young people, women and men divide up the tasks […]
Spring for life “Twenty years of Spring for life We know this year isn’t the same Very different and far away But still, we spring Even in a virtual circle So much history, so many years So much struggle and reflection A reading of life There are no beans this year But there’s surely sharing, […]
In the last week of August, Brazil was close to the landmark of 120 thousand deaths from the coronavirus. The most impoverished and vulnerable populations, in addition to original peoples, have increasingly felt the impacts of this health and political crisis. In their most recent survey (27/08), the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Articulação […]
The community of Maré Island publically denounces the destruction of the mangroves located within their traditional territories. About a week ago, with chainsaws in hand, approximately 50 unidentified men devastated the biome. In the assessment of Marizélha Lopes, one of the local leaders and a representative of the Movement of Artisanal Fishermen and Women (Movimento […]