Victimizing indigenous peoples eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 16 March 2023 — Increasingly, Indigenous territories are being targeted for carbon offset schemes. Protected Areas – which usually lead to evictions and violence against local people – are now being justified by claims about their potential to ‘store’ carbon. The resulting carbon ‘credits’ can then be sold to polluters, like…
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Five million euros eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 8 Feb 2023 — The European Union has approved a grant of ten million euros for the project ‘Sustainable Forest Livelihood for communities of Guyana and Suriname’. The protection and sustainable use of the Amazon rainforest in Suriname and Guyana is the main goal of this project.The intention is that…
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Causing Death and Destruction and Desitution [ = extreme poverty ]Brazilians guilty of polluting Suriname ?? Amsterdam, 7 feb 2023 –Brazil’s Minister for Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara described the presence of illegal mining (known locally as “garimpo”) in the Yanomami Indigenous Land as destructive, Agencia Brasil reported Monday. The official spent Sunday night at the…
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Not only in Brazil but also in Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, February 1st, 2023– Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso has ordered an investigation by the Attorney General of the Republic, the Military Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety, and the Regional Superintendence of the Federal Police of Roraima into…
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Yanomami Indian Victimized Again Hopeful Solution by President Lula eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, January 26 2023– Brazil’s Federal Police is to investigate the sanitary crisis among the Yanomami people as a crime of genocide, Justice Minister Flávio Dino said Wednesday. The minister confirmed the opening of an inquiry to investigate the crime of genocide against the Yanomami…
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Indigenous peoples in Danger Again eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 23 January 2023– Brazilian authorities declared a public health emergency in the territories where the native Yanomami community resides in Roraima and set up the Center of Operations for Emergencies in Public Health (COE – Yanomami) reporting directly to the Indigenous Health Department (SESAI). The committee will be…
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