Indigenous organizations, Brazilian congressmen and NGOs were united at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21), which took place in Paris of 2015, to condemn a list of actions conducted by both, the Brazilian Federal Executive and Legislative Power, that jeopardize the indigenous rights.
The role of informal contracts in the growth of small cattle herds on the floodplains of the Lower Amazon
In the absence of access to formal credit, informal contracts with independent investors give the small ranchers of the Lower Amazon an acceptable means through which to surmount the high investment hurdle of starting a cattle herd. These contracts – called...