Participants at the first international conference of dam affected people in Brazil vow to intensify their fight against large dams

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) held a series of meetings at the UN Environment Programme headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, from March 14-19, 1997.

An ingenious way to disseminate information and awareness about AIDS, the deadly malady, was encountered here recently. To design a costume for a carnival, a Brazilian dancer in Sao Paulo recently

large dams have resulted in grave environmental and social repercussions worldwide. Representatives from orga

World Bank (wb) representatives recently asked the government of the state of Rondonia to check accusations of invasion of the indigenous area of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe and the Guajara-Mirim state

Woodcutters operating in the Apyterewa indigenous area in the Para state are luring local Parakana Indians into facilitating smuggling mahogany. Carlos Fausto, an expert from the National Museum of

persecution of Indian communities in the country took a new turn with the Brazilian minister for justice, Nelson Jobim calling for a reduction of Raposa/Serra do Sol area, a 1.6 million ha region

The assault on hapless Indians trying to safeguard their homeland from avaricious miners and loggers continues. Recently, a group of loggers and miners went on a rampage in the Sarare reserve in

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