Environmental Education on the Brazilian Savannah

Teachers participate in an activity called "Tree of Values" at the Bahia environmental education workshop.

What do the World Cup and Olympics Have to do with Human Rights Violations?

Sometimes, quite a bit.  Did you know that in Beijing alone, over 1.25 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes to make way for Olympics-related development in the lead-up to the 2008 Games?

IBSA: Push Syria to End Bloodshed

India, Brazil, and South Africa are not leveraging their rising global influence to help stop the bloodshed in Syria.

(Johannesburg) – India, Brazil, and South Africa are not leveraging their rising global influence to help stop the bloodshed in Syria, Human Rights Watch said today.read more

A Postcard on Amazon Forest Trends

by sales

October 12, 2011

Brazil's claims of a big drop in Amazon deforestation rates are probed by a biologist and an American expatriate living in the rain forest.

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http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/a-postcard-on-amazon-forest-trends/

Vale and the purpose of building a legacy post-mining

by sales

October 3, 2011

By Rodolfo Araujo
We cannot deny the impact of mining activities in a territory: In addition to environmental changes, the potential economic, demographic, educational, and professional changes as well as consequences to infrastructure can cause a drastic change to the landscape of the region. However, mine exploitation is restricted to a determined life-cycle; normally, a mining site will operate for around fifty years. In other words, it is a story with a known end.

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http://goodpurposeblog.com/2011/10/03/vale-and-the-purpose-of-building-a-legacy-in-post-mining/

World Habitat Day Is About People: Their Struggles, Their Strategies

As I shared in an earlier post, Global Networks Unite on Forced Evictions, WITNESS, our partner the Habitat International Coalition and 6 other networks working on housing and land rights have organized World Habitat Days – six weeks (16 September – 31 October)

Friends Celebrate 10th Anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter

Watch live Carter Center webcast Oct. 13.
A group of former leaders and human rights experts serve as a watchdog to threats against democratic stability in the Americas and as a voice to strengthen, promote, and protect democracy and human rights. The group aims to bolster the effectiveness of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, approved on Sept. 11, 2001, by all 34 members of the OAS to address new kinds of democratic threats beyond the traditional military coup.

UN Security Council: Stop Bickering And Vote For Human Rights In Syria

Brasil community spurs attendance at Autodesk University Brasil

by admin

September 27, 2011

The first Autodesk University Brasil was held in Sao Paulo last week and was a resounding success. Over 1400 people packed the conference for a full day of presentations and training sessions and partied into the early evening unwilling to leave.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VoiceOfCommunity/~3/bIszpefnZms/brasil-community-spurs-attendance-at-autodesk-university-brasil.html

The Board in Brazil: Misconceptions and Vital Lessons


Roger Milliken, Jr. is the Chairman of the Board of The Nature Conservancy.

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