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Mongabay Probe Key As Brazil Court Rules On Palm Oil Pesticide Contamination

"Prosecutors in Brazil say the findings from a Mongabay investigation were key to obtaining a court decision this week to probe the environmental impacts of pesticides used by oil palm plantations on Indigenous communities and the environment in northern Pará state."
Public Ministry University Of Bras Circuit Court Federal Circuit Court First Region Mariquita Indigenous Territory
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Mongabay probe key as Brazil court rules on palm oil pesticide contamination

A Mongabay investigation into palm oil contamination in the Brazilian Amazon has helped federal prosecutors to obtain a court decision this week to scrutinize the environmental impacts of pesticides used by oil palm plantations on Indigenous communities and the environment in northern Pará state. On Oct. 4, the Federal Circuit Court for the First Region […]
Sulawesi Tenggara Evandro Chagas Thais Borges Miguel Pinheiro Biopalma Castanheira Sandra Damiani

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Indigenous Brazilians demand justice as 3 killed in escalating violence

Indigenous groups in Brazil are demanding justice after a spate of killings allegedly linked to land disputes left three people dead and two injured in the space of just two days, and raised concerns about escalating violence against native peoples throughout the country. Janildo Oliveira Guajajara was shot and killed by unknown assailants in an […]
United Kingdom United States Barra Velha Santa Catarina Monte Pascoal El Salvador

Indigenous advocates sense a legal landmark as a guardian's killing heads to trial

Three years ago, Indigenous leader Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed in an alleged ambush by loggers in the Brazilian Amazon. He was a member of the “Guardians of the Forest,” a group of 120 Indigenous Guajajara fighting against illegal logging in the Arariboia Indigenous Territory, in northeastern Maranhão state, often at great personal risk. Despite […]
United Kingdom Estado De Pernambuco Paulo Guajajara Alfredo Falc Patrick Raynaud Instituto Socioambiental

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