By André Campos.
Translated by Benjamin Blocksom |
15/03/17
Products derived from timber extracted by workers living in conditions analogous to slave labor in Brazil are connected to a complex business network linked to the U.S. market – possibly reaching the shelves of large retailers and being used in renovation of landmarks...
By Tania Caliari and Ana Aranha.
Translated by Benjamin Blocksom |
15/03/17
A rookie in the trade of cutting down trees, João* asked himself how life led him to this “terribly wrong” way to make ends meet. Camped out in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest in the state of Pará, 90 kilometers from the Trans-Amazonian Highway, João regretted...
By Thais Lazzeri.
Translated by Benjamin Blocksom |
15/03/17
The dictionary definition of a settler, “one who emigrates to populate and/or exploit a foreign land,” does not just apply to the Brazilian colonial period. Even in the 21st century, the term settler is alive and well for families that have migrated from the south and...
Por Ana Aranha e João Cesar Diaz |
14/03/17
Mineradores em Gana, pescadores de Bangladesh e trabalhadores que derrubam árvores na Amazônia brasileira têm duas coisas em comum: são submetidos a condições semelhantes ao trabalho escravo enquanto destroem florestas e rios. Outro elemento em comum é trabalharem...
Por Leonardo Sakamoto |
14/03/17
Obtida através da Lei de Acesso à Informação (LAI), a “Lista de Transparência sobre Trabalho Escravo Contemporâneo” traz dados de empregadores autuados em decorrência de caracterização de trabalho análogo ao de escravo e que tiveram decisão administrativa...
By Ana Aranha and João Cesar Diaz |
13/03/17
Miners in Ghana, fishers in Bangladesh and loggers in Brazil have two things in common: many are vulnerable workers often submitted to slave-like conditions while engaging in an activity destructive to forests, rivers and oceans. Another common element is that they...
