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Western Amazon oil and gas warning

27.08.2008 Growing global demand for oil and gas is leading to an unprecedented level of exploration and development in the western Amazon, according to a study.

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From: SciDev.Net
Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Ecuador] [Colombia]

Afro-Brazilian perspectives

19.08.2008 Brazilian Film Festival, London, 9-15 October, celebrates the nation’s foremost Afro-Brazilian actors and directors, intellectuals and musicians, 120 years on from the abolition of slavery in Brazil.

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Related topics/regions: [Brazil]

'Unholy alliance' accused of abusing indigenous people

08.08.2008 Three companies have been named "worst for abusing tribal peoples’ rights" in a statement marking the UN Day for Indigenous Peoples on 9 August.
+ Supreme Court gives go-ahead to mine – tribe vows resistance

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From: Survival International Italia
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Peru] [Malaysia] [India] [France]

Image: Vedanta protest, London, 2008