Ecology

Colours in a world of shadows

Convened by the tireless Kayapó leader Raoni Metuktire, and organized by the youth of the Kayapó, the leaders gathered to discuss the role o

The contaminated forest-mining in the Amazon

by Marilena Altenfelder and Thiago Cardoso A big threat to the Amazon and its peoples is gaining strength. At the same time as...

#ActForAmazon- a call to take care of our planet

The ongoing "development" of Brazilian Amazon for farming and mining continues to be a

Lives on the edge -Indigenous territories as protected areas

"The indigenous territories are not unproductive areas, but they are those areas that guarantee that we have rain, wind and preservation of

Deforestation - The image of a slow violence

Marilena Altenfelder And Thiago Cardoso How much deforestation would be required to cause the cycle to degrade to the point of being...

'The river is dead': is a mine polluting the water of Brazil's Xikrin tribe?

This article by by Agência Pública, a non-profit investigative journalism agency based in Brazil. This is a translation of the original...

Threats to the Amazon rainforest and it's peoples - the time of the sugar cane?

Thiago Cardoso And Marilena Altenfelder The planet's largest rainforest faces another terrible threat! A bill is discussed in the...

Facing Agro-biodiversity

Thiago Cardoso A Brief Story About Indigenous Women and Their Plants In Rio Negro, in the Brazilian Amazon, I found myself in a world of...

Cultivating People and Plants

Thiago Cardoso The Amazon Agrobiodiversity In Question Walking through the native farms and backyards in the Rio Negro region, Amazonas,...

The Deep Forest