Indigenous People & Forests

Brazil: Open Letter from the “Alert against Green Deserts” Network

Brazil: Open Letter from the “Alert against Green Deserts” Network

In September 2023, The Alert against Green Deserts"  network met in Brazil as part of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations. Members of different states and representatives of quilobola communities, fishermen and agrarian reform...

Watershed Sentinel: Brazil’s “Green Deserts”

Watershed Sentinel: Brazil’s “Green Deserts”

Brazilian communities that have resisted industrial tree plantations for decades now face the threat of glyphosate-resistant GE trees by Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt October 12, 2023 Note: This article was originally published in the Watershed Sentinel, October/November...

The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) Annual Report

The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) Annual Report

    July 2023: The CIMI released its report "Violence against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil: Data from 2022" The report discusses what happened in 2022: "The year 2022 marked the end of a governmental cycle marked by violations and an increase in...