by Sara Leal | 11/05/2023 | News
By Sara Leal* In March this year, the European proposal for a side letter to strengthen environmental commitments of the Chapter on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur was leaked. To make a...
by WP IPAM | 23/02/2023 | News
By Sara Leal* “Who is in charge of the negotiations needs to understand that participation of civil society is important, especially the participation of the peoples of the Amazon”, says Julio Xapuri from CNS (National Council of Extractive Populations), about...
by WP IPAM | 16/02/2023 | News
By Lays Ushirobira* When one looks at the exponential growth of deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon in recent years, it is hard to believe that the country was once a reference for environmental conservation. But the fact is that Brazil was one of the pioneers...
by WP IPAM | 14/02/2023 | News
By Sara Leal* “There needs to be dialogue, agreement, consensus and the necessary guarantees for our people. Our present and our future depend on it”, says Ana Romero, from the Indigenous Youth Union of Paraguay, about the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement...
by Sara Leal | 08/02/2023 | News
By Sara Leal* “You have to consider, above all, life. Because from different territories that they [European Union] will acquire products, many people died and are still dying for the greed of an unbridled development without thinking about the climate balance, social...
by Sara Leal | 02/02/2023 | News
By Lays Ushirobira* When talking about reducing deforestation in the Amazon, it is common to hear the false argument that this would be a barrier to agribusiness, a sector that accounted for 47.6% of Brazilian exports in 2022, according to the Ministry of Agriculture....
