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Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest'

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Brazil’s environmental leadership at risk, warn scientists (06/26/2012) The Brazilian government is putting its global environmental leadership at risk by ignoring scientific concern on large infrastructure projects and changes in the country's forest laws, warned an association of more than 1,200 tropical scientists gathering last week in Bonito, Brazil on the heels of the disappointing Rio+20 Earth Summit. Last chance to see: the Amazon's Xingu River (06/15/2011) Not far from where the great Amazon River drains into the Atlantic, it splits off into a wide tributary, at first a fat vertical lake that, when viewed from satellite, eventually slims down to a wild scrawl through the dark green of the Amazon. In all, this tributary races almost completely southward through the Brazilian Amazon for 1,230 miles (1,979 kilometers)—nearly as long as the Colorado River—until it pet...

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@BioLogicIreland » 10 Aug '12, 9am
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@sydnets » 03 Aug '12, 11pm
RT @GrassrootsIntl: MT @personalescrito @pdjmoo #Brazil decree opens #indigenous lands to #MINING, #DAMS in 'national interest' [link] #landgrab
@GrassrootsIntl » 03 Aug '12, 11pm
MT @personalescrito @pdjmoo #Brazil decree opens #indigenous lands to #MINING, #DAMS in 'national interest' [link] #landgrab
@TheKewGardener » 03 Aug '12, 9am
RT @PersonalEscrito: RT @pdjmoo #Brazil decree opens tribal lands to #MINING, #DAMS in 'national interest' [link] #indigenous #landgrab #landgrabs
@pdjmoo » 03 Aug '12, 6am
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@frogetteca » 28 Jul '12, 8pm
RT @J4LYN: #Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest' [link] #ecocide
@J4LYN » 28 Jul '12, 8pm
#Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest' [link] #ecocide
@EMFH » 28 Jul '12, 3pm
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@EcoInternet » 28 Jul '12, 12pm
RT @EI_Rainforest: #rainforest Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest': Mongabay [link] *ecocidal land theft
@LethalAction » 27 Jul '12, 7pm
RT @S_WhiteBear: #Brazil decree opens tribal lands to #mining, dams in 'national interest' [link] #indigenous
@svukusic » 27 Jul '12, 5pm
RT @pdjmoo: How to exterminate #INDIGENOUS people. #BRAZIL decree opens tribal lands to #MINING, #DAMS in 'national interest' [link]
@pdjmoo » 27 Jul '12, 5pm
How to exterminate #INDIGENOUS people. #BRAZIL decree opens tribal lands to #MINING, #DAMS in 'national interest' [link]
@First_Power » 27 Jul '12, 3pm
RT @CSORG: Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest' [link]
@pdjmoo » 27 Jul '12, 7am
BRAZIL'S BAIT & SWITCH [link] Brazil decree opens tribal lands to #MINING#DAMS in 'national interest' #indigenous @jusjane53
@karsenis » 27 Jul '12, 7am
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@JanieceStaton » 27 Jul '12, 5am
RT @Earth_NewsRT: RT @nartured Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest' [link] #green... [link]
@Earth_NewsRT » 27 Jul '12, 5am
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@sampsa » 27 Jul '12, 1am
RT @EI_Forest: #forest Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest': Mongabay [link] *ecocidal land theft
@EI_Forest » 27 Jul '12, 12am
#forest Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest': Mongabay [link] *ecocidal land theft
@EI_Rainforest » 27 Jul '12, 12am
#rainforest Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest': Mongabay [link] *ecocidal land theft
@EI_Water » 27 Jul '12, 12am
#water Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest': Mongabay [link] *ecocidal land theft
@RobinHood1776 » 27 Jul '12, 12am
Human Rights of #Indigenous Tribes in #Brazil Destroyed By Stroke Of A Pen [link] RT @mongabay #Amazonia #Dilma #Brasil #news
@BiancaJagger » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @robinhood1776: Human Rights of #Indigenous Tribes in #Brazil Destroyed By Stoke of a Pen [link]
@simplynonna » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @Indigeneity: Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest'; freezes demarcation of new indigenous terri… [link]
@ndnstyl » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @RayBeckerman: RT @BiancaJagger: #Brazil decree opens #TribalLands to #mining, #dams in 'national interest' [link]
@simplynonna » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
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@BiancaJagger » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
#Brazil decree opens #TribalLands to #mining, #dams in 'national interest' [link] via @mongabay
@RobinHood1776 » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
Dilma Fails To Defend Human Rights Of Indigenous Tribes [link] #Amazonia #humanrights #Dilma #Brasil #Brazil #news #London2012
@AngToledo » 26 Jul '12, 10pm
#Brasil abre território de terras tribais a #mineração, #barragens e congela demarcação de territórios [link] … RT #Belomonte
@AngToledo » 26 Jul '12, 10pm
#Brasil abre território de terras tribais a #mineração, #barragens e congela demarcação de territórios [link] … RT @bbcbrasil
@AngToledo » 26 Jul '12, 10pm
#Brasil abre território de terras tribais a #mineração, #barragens e congela demarcação de territórios [link] … RT @Raoni_com
@BinBerlinerIn » 26 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @balberlin: Nach #Wald-Gesetz+Offshore-#Öl:#Brasilien gibt Konzernen Schürfrechte auf Stammesgebiet→drohende Auslöschung [link] #Indigene
@balberlin » 26 Jul '12, 10pm
Nach #Wald-Gesetz+Offshore-#Öl:#Brasilien gibt Konzernen Schürfrechte auf Stammesgebiet→drohende Auslöschung [link] #Indigene
@AngToledo » 26 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @RobinHood1776: #Brazil opens tribal lands to mining, #dams & freezes demarcation of #indigenous territories [link] RT @mongabay @AngToledo
@KlippetyKlop » 26 Jul '12, 9pm
Brazil Decree Opens Tribal Lands 2 Mining, Dams in 'National Interest'; Freezes Demarcation of New Indigenous Territory [link]
@RayBeckerman » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @BiancaJagger: #Brazil decree opens #TribalLands to #mining, #dams in 'national interest' [link]
@cynaramenezes » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
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@Indigeneity » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest'; freezes demarcation of new indigenous terri… [link]
@agualuzi » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @RobinHood1776: Dilma Fails To Defend Human Rights Of Indigenous Tribes [link] #Amazonia #humanrights #Dilma #Brasil #Brazil #news #London2012
@freerangeNative » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @mongabay: Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest'; freezes demarcation of new indigenous terri... [link]
@indigenousissue » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @mongabay: Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest'; freezes demarcation of new indigenous terri... [link]
@AngToledo » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @saveborneo: Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest'; freezes demarcation of new indigenous... [link]
@AngToledo » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @RobinHood1776: Brazil opens tribal lands to mining, dams in & freezes demarcation of indigenous territories [link] via @mongabay @Intlrivers
@RobinHood1776 » 26 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @mongabay: Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest'; freezes demarcation of new indigenous terri... [link]
@AngToledo » 26 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @mongabay: Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest'; freezes demarcation of new indigenous terri... [link]
@AngToledo » 26 Jul '12, 10pm
@RobinHood1776 #Brasil abre território de terras tribais a #mineração, #barragens e congela demarcação de territórios [link] …
@leviathan0712 » 26 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @balberlin: Nach #Wald-Gesetz+Offshore-#Öl:#Brasilien gibt Konzernen Schürfrechte auf Stammesgebiet→drohende Auslöschung [link] #Indigene
@cristina_rei » 26 Jul '12, 9pm
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@greenarkpress » 26 Jul '12, 9pm
Brazil opens tribal lands to mining, dams in 'national interest'; freezes demarcation of new indigenous territories [link]