August 30, 2010
We recently published an article on Brazil’s energy sector as part of our Amazon/Brazil series. The article mentioned a controversial hydroelectric project in the Amazon region called Belo Monte, which has met fierce opposition from environmentalists, indigenous populations and even celebrities like James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver. Technorati Tags: Amazon, Belo Monte, Brazil, Hydropower, Inigenous [...]
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October 14, 2009
Our last post was about the need to protect the world’s forests as a natural and cost-effective way to capture carbon dioxide, to protect biodiversity and the remaining indigenous people who dwell in them. As if to reinforce the point, Earthfirst published a harrowing piece of news about a Brazilian Indian tribe called Akuntsu, who [...]
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