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Brazil: ‘Good lord, what a smell’, ‘Good lord what a smell’: can Brazil’s biggest city save a vital source of water from sewage bacteria and organised

Brazil: ‘Good lord, what a smell’

‘Good lord, what a smell’: can Brazil’s biggest city save a vital source of water from sewage, bacteria and organised crime?  As São Paulo faces a climate-induced water crisis, campaigners are fightin...
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Water Watch Platform in Rio de Janeiro, New ‘Water Watch Platform’ Enables Monitoring and Public Participation in Health and Sanitation in the State of Rio

Water Watch Platform in Rio de Janeiro

New ‘Water Watch Platform’ Enables Monitoring and Public Participation in Health and Sanitation in the State of Rio de Janeiro. During the week marking World Water Day, the Water Watch Platform* was l...
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‘While Water Is Scarce, Profits Abound!’, ‘While Water Is Scarce Profits Abound’ On World Water Day Outraged Movements Demand Right to Water in Front of

‘While Water Is Scarce, Profits Abound!’

‘While Water Is Scarce, Profits Abound!’ On World Water Day, Outraged Movements Demand Right to Water in Front of Águas do Rio, Rio de Janeiro’s Private Utility, and Call for Restatization. On March 2...
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Brazil: Land & Water Grabber Alert, URGENT: Land grabbers demand permits to deforest and destroy water sources in the Grinalda do Ouro territory  The comm

Brazil: Land & Water Grabber Alert

URGENT: Land grabbers demand permits to deforest and destroy water sources in the Grinalda do Ouro territory.  The community organizes itself to protect the environment and the right to the territory...
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Victory for Brazil’s Indigenous Protests, Brazil to revoke waterway decree after Indigenous protesters occupied Cargill port Brazil has decided to revoke

Victory for Brazil’s Indigenous Protests

Brazil to revoke waterway decree after Indigenous protesters occupied Cargill port. Brazil has decided to revoke a decree that would have expanded Amazonian waterways in a federal privatization progra...
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Parintins, Amazonas state, Brazil. September 2023. Boats stand at the edge of a river whose water level has dropped due to drought. The world’s largest rainforest area is suffering from the worst drought in over a century. Credit: Aguilar Abecassis/dpa/Alamy Live News

Brazil’s Growing Water Crisis

Brazil’s forests do more than store carbon, they regulate the water systems that sustain rivers, agriculture and cities across South America. As deforestation and degradation accelerates, scientists w...
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Water and Sanitation Policy in Brazil

Water and Sanitation Policy in Brazil: Drivers of a Unique Neoliberal Experiment. In person event and discussion around water and sanitation policy in Brazil with Blue Community Ambassador Léo Heller ...
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Brazil: Indigenous Cargill Blockade

Indigenous Peoples Maintain Indefinite Blockade of Cargill on the Tapajós River. The Indigenous occupation at Cargill’s grain terminal in Santarém entered its 20th day, deepening the movement’s stando...
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Brazil: Protests to Defend Tapajós River

More than 800 Indigenous peoples are occupying the Cargill port in Santarém, Brazil. After a hearing with government representatives, they blocked the only road to the city’s airport demanding to be h...
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