Sep 1, 2019 | Brazil, Climate Change, Illegal Logging, Land Rights, Mining, Oil, Uncategorized
The public’s response to the spike in the forest fires in Brazil these past few weeks has been inspiring and huge morale booster for our partners on the ground, especially the indigenous peoples...
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Jun 26, 2018 | Guyana, Land Rights, Mining
Indigenous Communities Are Dedicated to Protecting Guyana’s Rainforests Indigenous communities are key to protecting the forest, and in Guyana, indigenous customary lands cover large extents...
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Sep 19, 2017 | Guyana, Illegal Logging, Land Rights, Mining
“The trees cannot speak out, the birds,animals and wildlife cannot say stop! The fishes are defenseless as their homes and spawning grounds are destroyed. Who will speak for them?”...
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Mar 23, 2017 | Guyana, Illegal Logging, Land Rights, Mining
Over 400 Akawaio and Arecuna men and women met for a land conference on February 28 – March 2, in the village of Phillipai on the Kukui River in Guyana. The gathering proved to be the largest such...
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Jun 1, 2015 | Mining, Peru
The Rainforest Foundation team recently visited the Peruvian Amazon department of The Madre de Dios in order to research the potential impacts of an oil concession and illegal logging. What we...
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