This blog was written by Barbara Fraser and published by EarthBeat at: https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/indigenous-peoples-lives-depend-their-lands-threats-are-growing-worldwide
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This blog was written by Barbara Fraser and published by EarthBeat at: https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/indigenous-peoples-lives-depend-their-lands-threats-are-growing-worldwide
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* This blog post was written by the following women: Patricia Chaves, Gigliola Silva Araújo, Natali Lacerda and Tereza Borba. They take us back to 2015, through to the present, telling us about the process of localizing the land-related SDGs and empowering local women to build multi-stakeholder platforms in order to change and influence policies that can affect their families, communities and lives. *
Por Mario Osava
RÍO DE JANEIRO, 15 abr 2021 (IPS) - La inseguridad alimentaria despegó con fuerza en Brasil y ya afecta a más de la mitad de la población, 59,4 o 55,2 por ciento según dos estudios. La pandemia acentuó la tendencia iniciada en 2014 y agravada por el actual gobierno de extrema derecha.
“Quando a gente vai falar de racismo ambiental, as pessoas não querem ouvir e ainda acham que a gente é doida”, diz Maria Lúcia Oliveira, da comunidade ribeirinha Boa Esperança, de Teresina, no Piauí. Maria Lúcia, líder comunitária e do “Movimento Lagoas para Quem?”, questiona nesta entrevista a implantação do projeto turístico Programa Lagoas do Norte da prefeitura de sua cidade.
The global soybean trade was worth about 9.5 billion of US dollars in 2000. By the end of this year – in 2020 – it is projected to exceed 60 billion[1]. This is just one of the many figures that explains why the last two decades might be remembered as the Great Soybean Expansion, the period when soybean became one of the most traded commodities in the world – but also one of the most controversial.
Com três crianças em um apartamento, o isolamento social de 2020 tornou prioridade o desejo antigo de estar mais perto da terra. Em julho visitamos a zona rural de uma cidadezinha no sul de Minas e nos apaixonamos. Neste novembro, começamos a experimentar cumprir nossa rotina de trabalho remota metade aqui, metade em São Paulo. As reuniões, lives e escrita diante da tela parecem menos cansativas do gramado, ao som das galinhas e da infinidade de pássaros.
"I worked for ten years with my husband to build our house on the land we bought, but he died unexpectedly. His daughters expelled me from my house and my land. He and I lived together for fifteen years but I had no means to claim my rights and was not aware of my [vulnerable] situation." --Maria José, from Caruaru
We represent around five percent of the population of humanity, but we preserve around eighty-two percent of the world's biodiversity.