http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/76/ en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - Brazil Brazil Uncontacted tribe's forest bulldozed for beef http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85962 The only uncontacted tribe in South America outside the Amazon is having its forest rapidly and illegally bulldozed by ranchers who want their land to graze cattle for beef. Amazon dam sparks Indian protests http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85916 Kayapó Indians are to hold a protest against a huge hydro-electric dam planned for Brazil’s Xingu River, one of the Amazon’s main tributaries. Amazon tribe down to five as oldest member dies http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85878 The Akuntsu tribe in the Brazilian Amazon has lost its oldest member, Ururu, leaving the tribe with only five surviving members. 'Illegal waste' due back from Brazil today http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163523/1/ Containers of waste which were alleged to have been illegally exported from the UK to Brazil last month are due to arrive at the port of Felixstowe today (Friday). Clarks shoes falls in with Amazon campaign http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85589 An environmental group claimed another success in its campaign to save the Amazon when British shoemaker Clarks agreed not to source leather products from Amazon deforestation. Calls for action on stalled Amazon proposals http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85370 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been asked to take decisive action to create new protected areas in the Amazon and Para regions. Brand names accused over Amazon destruction http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85367 Major fashion, food and sports brand names are unwittingly driving the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, claims a new report. 'Green' soy scam warning http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162986/1/ A new initiative to re-brand the intensive and damaging farming of soy as 'responsible' is nothing short of "greenwash" and will con the public, a leading environmental group said today. Brazil ranchers threaten uncontacted tribes' land http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85287 A Brazilian cattle-ranching company is seeking permission from Paraguay’s government to destroy forest inhabited by one of the world's last uncontacted tribes, says an organisation that fights for the rights of indigenous peoples. Amazon nomads flee loggers' bulldozers http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84894 A tribe of 300 Amazon nomads is fleeing from bulldozers as their last forest is rapidly destroyed, according to an organisation supporting tribal peoples. Genocide warning for Brazilian tribe http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84559 A Brazilian government official has warned that the last known survivors of an uncontacted Amazon tribe will face genocide unless illegal logging and ranching on their land are stopped. New Brazil measures to stem Amazon assault http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84338 Brazil has announced new measures designed to stem an accelerating assault on the Amazon’s rainforests – on the same day as the nation’s space agency released figures showing that the amount of Amazon forest cleared in August was triple the area cleared in August 2007. Newspaper apologises to Survival for 'hoax' claim http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84205 The Observer has admitted that a story accusing Survival of releasing hoax photos of uncontacted Indians was "inaccurate, misleading [and] distorted". Afro-Brazilian perspectives http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161096/1/ 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. Amazon Indians Rally to Oppose Dams http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160499/1/ The largest indigenous gathering in the Brazilian Amazon in nearly 20 years will take place on May 19-23 to protest against plans for a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the Xingu River.