Brazil: Communities & Unions Win Victory for Livelihoods, Democracy

March 23, 2023 00:05:15
Brazil: Communities & Unions Win Victory for Livelihoods, Democracy
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Brazil: Communities & Unions Win Victory for Livelihoods, Democracy

Mar 23 2023 | 00:05:15

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Show Notes

  Brazilian communities along a river near the Amazon are celebrating the government’s decision to halt a blasting and dredging project that could destroy their livelihoods and severely damage the environment. Earlier this month, the Public Prosecutor’s Office recommended that the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) suspend its preliminary license for the Araguaia-Tocantins waterway project in the state of Pará. In suspending the license, the government cited the absence of prior consultation with residents who would be impacted, especially Indigenous communities and quilombolas, and the lack of information on the effects of the project on […]

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