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Brazilian Indigenous Leader to Address UN Council in Effort to Stop Dam | The Guardian
This article originally appeared in The Guardian Ademir Kaba Munduruku will argue Brazil is violating indigenous rights by failing to...
Amazonian Tribe Brings an Epic Battle for Indigenous Rights to the United Nations
After fighting destructive Amazon dams at home for many years, indigenous leader Ademir Kaba Munduruku brought his people’s struggle to...
Amazonian Tribe Brings Struggle to International Stage
When Brazilian energy planners proposed to choke the Amazon’s Tapajós River and its tributaries with dozens of large hydroelectric dams,...
Amazonian Tribes Unite to Demand Brazil Stop Hydroelectric Dams
The Munduruku, Apiaká, Kayabi and Rikbaktsa release joint statement as Brazil steps ups efforts to exploit power of the rivers...
Peru's Mega-Dam Projects Threaten Amazon River Source and Ecosystem Collapse
This article was originally posted on Mongabay. Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the 1,700-kilometer (1,056-mile)...
PR – Massive Corruption Scandal Implicates Brazil’s Amazon Dam Builders
Testimony from jailed operators of Petrobras scandal point to similar corruption scheme involving politicians and major construction firms FOR IMMEDIATE...
Brazil Lawsuits Aim to Impede Authorization of Water Use Rights for Dam Developers
Tapajós RiverPhoto by International Rivers Reproduced with permission from Water Law & Policy Monitor, 2014 WLPM (Nov. 27, 2014). Copyright 2014...
PR – Amazon Assembly Unifies Resistance to Dams on Brazil's Tapajós River
Historic gathering builds opposition to government’s plans for new mega-dam complex Munduruku warriors and children arrive at São Luiz do...
PR – Defying Brazilian Government, Indigenous Group Demarcates Amazonian Territory
Munduruku people ‘auto-demarcate’ lands threatened by Tapajós River megadams FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brasilia, Brazil: In response to the Rousseff government’s...
Brazil Cancels Tapajós Dam Auction Due to Indigenous Concerns
This article originally appeared on mongabay.com Tapajós RiverPhoto by International Rivers Brazilian authorities have suspended the auction of the centerpiece...