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Case Studies: Scaling Indigenous and Community Enterprises in Brazil,...
By Chris MeyerAn indigenous woman of the Xingu Seed Network at work | Photo courtesy: Tui Anandi and Danilo Urzedo (ISA) Brazil is a great laboratory for studying indigenous and community enterprises...
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28 years after Chico Mendes’s death, four environmental challenges still...
By Steve SchwartzmanChico Mendes in the window of his home with Sandino, his son, in Xapuri, state of Acre, Brazil. Author: Miranda Smith, Miranda Productions, Inc. November 1988. Photo: Wikimedia...
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Three reasons why it’s not too late to save the Amazon
By Steve SchwartzmanAmazon Forest. Photo by Joseph King/Flickr The latest New York Times Retro Report, “The Fight to Save the Amazon,” shows how Chico Mendes's ideas, his story, and the indigenous and...
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Is Brazil stepping back from environmental leadership, just when it’s needed...
By Steve SchwartzmanMichel Temer in April 2016. Credit: Fabio Rodrigues-Pozzebom/ Agencia Brasil via Wikimedia Commons. Every conversation I have with my Brazilian friends and colleagues these days...
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Local government must lead zero-deforestation efforts at jurisdictional levels
By Chris MeyerVéu de Noiva Waterfall in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil | Photo credit:Robert L. Dona via Wikipedia comms Major consumer goods companies that have pledged to eliminate deforestation...
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Deepening collaboration: Aligning private sector and government commitments...
By Breanna LujanBy Breanna Lujan, EDF Policy Analyst, and Brian Schaap, Forest Trends Senior Associate Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, photo by Neil Palmer (Flickr: CIAT) When it comes to...
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Temer’s rollback of Brazil’s environmental and indigenous protections...
By Guest AuthorGuest authors: Juliana Splendore, EDF climate change and indigenous issues consultant in Brazil, and Joelson Felix, Communications Officer of COIAB – a Brazilian indigenous organization...
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Amazon Hydroelectrics, the UN Climate Treaty and the International Civil...
By Steve SchwartzmanBelo Monte Dam under construction on the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil in 2013 | Photo credit: Letícia Leite-ISA Brazil’s climate policy theater: Brazil climate...
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Part II: Amazon Hydroelectrics, the UN Climate Treaty and the International...
By Steve SchwartzmanSanto Antônio Dam under construction in the state of Rondônia, Brazil, 2009 | Photo: Wiki Commons Brazil’s climate change negotiators are trying to throw the best hope for at-scale...
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Carbon Credit Shell Game: the Clean Development Mechanism in New Climate Accords
By Steve SchwartzmanBelo Monte Dam under construction on the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil in 2013 | Photo credit: Letícia Leite-ISA In the middle of terrifying weather headlines –...
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