By Poliana Dallabrida | Photos by Lela Beltrão/Repórter Brasil |
07/03/24
Harvesters used in conilon coffee plantations have been responsible for serious accidents, including amputations like that of 42-year-old farmer Rogéria Silveira. She lost part of her arm in the equipment, which lacked an adequate protection system. Conilon is the...
By Poliana Dallabrida |
07/03/24
The use of harvesters in conilon coffee plantations, a type of bean used to make instant coffee, has been responsible for at least nine amputations of legs, arms, and fingers, as well as two deaths in Espírito Santo in the last two years alone. The accidents have...
By Diego Junqueira, in Santarém (PA) |
05/03/24
Cargill and other multinational grain exporters were “convicted” in a symbolic trial held in Santarém (PA) by indigenous peoples, river dwellers, and family farmers on Monday (4). In the “people’s court,” the multinationals were...
By Daniel Haidar |
26/02/24
Pressure mounts on the Lula administration to annul the contract that handed over 2,428 hectares of federal land to Canadian mining company Belo Sun to extract gold in an area allocated to a land reform settlement in Pará. Although the project is considered strategic...
By Isabel Harari and André Campos |
21/02/24
The passage of a ship carrying 19,000 live cattle exported from Brazil to Iraq brought an “unimaginable stench” to Cape Town, the capital of South Africa, where the vessel made a refueling stop, as reported by newspaper The Guardian. The National Council...
By Isabel Harari and Poliana Dallabrida |
19/02/24
Audi, Uber, and 20 other companies offset greenhouse gas emissions using carbon credits from an area where the Brazilian authorities identified deforestation and the use of enslaved workers. In June 2023, 16 workers were rescued from the Sipasa Farm, owned by the...
