The government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil inherited, in its National Forest Program, a formidable proposal to increase the area designated to national forests (Flonas) in the Amazon from eight to 50 million hectares by the year 2010. This objective is an ambitious and worthy conservation goal, and one that appears to be holding approval, give or take a few million hectares, within the new government. Attached to this plan, however, is a lingering desire to allow private timber harvesting on Flonas through a system of forest concessions.
Integrando conhecimentos e práticas para incidência sobre Terras Indígenas
Apresenta os resultados de formações que promoveram habilidades de proteção e monitoramento territorial entre 401 líderes indígenas em 36 terras na Amazônia, totalizando 17 milhões de hectares. Essas formações foram conduzidas pelo IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa...