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         Brazilian Indigenous Peoples:     more books (18)
  1. People of Indigenous Peoples Descent: Bolivians of Indigenous Peoples Descent, Brazilians of Indigenous Peoples Descent
  2. Brazilians of Indigenous Peoples Descent: Cândido Rondon, Vanessa Da Mata, Coelho Neto, Gilberto Freyre, Marina Silva, Juliana Paes, Cunhambebe
  3. Brazilian Society: Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, Immigration to Brazil, Portuguese Brazilian, Human Rights in Brazil
  4. Jurema's Children in the Forest of Spirits: Healing and Ritual Among Two Brazilian Indigenous Groups (Indigenous Knowledge and Development Series) by Clarice Novaes da Mota, 1997-06
  5. The Mehinaku: The Dream of Daily Life in a Brazilian Indian Village by Thomas Gregor, 1980-08-15
  6. Life on the Amazon: The Anthropology of a Brazilian Peasant Village(British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs) by Mark Harris, 2001-03-29
  7. Opulence and Devotion: Brazilian Baroque Art by Catherine Whistler, 2007-08-25
  8. Amazon Frontier: The defeat of the Brazilian indian by John Hemming, 2004-08-06
  9. Brazilian Woodcut Prints by Dinneen, 2000-12-15
  10. Manipulating the Sacred: Yoruba Art, Ritual, and Resistance in Brazilian Candomble (African American Life Series) by Mikelle Smith Omari-Tunkara, 2006-01-01
  11. The Wanano Indians of the Brazilian Amazon: A Sense of Space by Janet M. Chernela, 1996
  12. Red Gold: The conquest of the Brazilian indians by John Hemming, 2004-08-06
  13. African people: Indigenous peoples of Africa, Decolonization of Africa, African diaspora, African American, African Australian, Afro-Brazilian, Black people in Europe, Afro-Latin American, Afro-Turks
  14. Povos Ingigenas no Sul de Bahia: Posto Indigena Caramuru - Paraguacu (1910 - 1967) (Colecao Fragmentos da Historia do Indigenismo, 1))

41. The World Bank - Indigenous Peoples
contain land regularization components for indigenous peoples, are also The indigenousLands Project of the Pilot Program to Protect the brazilian Rain Forest
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/53e

42. The World Bank - Indigenous Peoples
projectssuch as the Pilot Program to Conserve the brazilian Rain Forest For moredetails, see The Fate of indigenous peoples Consultation and Coordination
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/03f

43. RF-US Urgent Alerts
the site, you can send automatic messages to the brazilian officials, and concernedwith sustainable development, human rights, and indigenous peoples, we have
http://www.rainforestfoundation.org/1urgent.html
Urgent Alerts
Oil Drilling Plans Announced for U'wa Traditonal Land
The U'wa people of Colombia are once again facing oil drilling plans on their traditional land. To find out how to help the U'wa and to find out more about their struggle, click here
Ratification of Raposa Serra do Sol
January 2003
Dear friends,
Unfortunately, despite an international campaign and the hard work done on the ground by the Indigenous Council of Roraima, former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso did not ratify Raposa Serra do Sol before leaving office
Had Cardoso signed the ratification of RSS, celebrations in the area would have echoed across the world. We were indeed hopeful, and kept listening for those celebrations through the end of the year. There were hopeful signs: the Brazilian government itself recognized CIR for it’s work on the issue through two awards. We also learned that the government officials targeted through our campaign were receiving some 50 e-mails per hour!
Unfortunately, however, the new year came and went without Cardoso signing the ratification. Tension remains high in the area, and is reaching a breaking point. The body of a Macuxi man who went missing from the community of Maturuca on January 2nd was found buried in a shallow grave. It is feared that he was murdered by a worker from a ranch in the area, which is owned by a local politician. Lack of permanent definition of RSS continues to generate and exacerbate conflicts, resulting all too often in tragedy. The time is now to resolve the situation by ratifying RSS

44. Cultures Explored By The Ensemble
Mena Basaa, indigenous peoples of the brazilian Amazon, Tukano Tribe; arr. MarluiMiranda. Hirigo, indigenous peoples of the brazilian Amazon, Tupari Tribe; arr.
http://www.indiana.edu/~ive/cultures.htm
Cultures Explored by the Ensemble
  • Africa
  • Asia
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Japan
    • China ...
    • Taiwan
    • America
    • Australia
    • Europe
      South African Repertoire
      Nodolly Collected From Khabo Semelane Yenkululeko Collected from Erica Swart Jeso Kwangana Ntate Collected from Mapole Ntsana Jericho Collected from Ludumo Magangane Qonqgotwane arr. S. Matiure, after Miriam Makeba Nkosi Sikelel' Afrika South African National Anthem. Composed by Enoch Sontonga Asikatali South African Freedom Song; from Freedom is Coming Ngiqome kwazulu Traditional Wedding Song; collected from Erica Swart Sibonono sami Zulu Dance Song; collected from Erica Swart Imbube Traditional Zulu Song; collected from Erica Swart Singabahambayo South African Freedom Song; from Freedom is Coming Skeleme Hey! Traditional Sotho Song; modeled by the Potchefstrom University Serenaders Mohlang Traditional Sotho Song; modeled by the Potchefstrom University Serenaders Isokoroko South Africa; collected from Erica Swart

45. Brazil's Indigenous Peoples
to all peoples and cultures around the world that would prefer not to see nudeimages. At the same time this is an intrinsic aspect of brazilian indigenous
http://www.shoppingallhours.com/ecocarpets/Indians.htm
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46. Eco-Portal: Forests/Forest Protection/Indigenous Peoples
businesses to benefit six Indian tribes of the brazilian Amazon which Project an Earth Island project that assists Borneo's indigenous peoples in their
http://www.eco-portal.com/Forests/Forest_Protection/Indigenous_Peoples/welcome.a
Home Forests Forest Protection : Indigenous Peoples the entire directory only this category More search options
Links:
  • About Sarawak (Rengah Sarawak) - contains stories and information about and related to the various struggles in Sarawak, Malaysia (Added: Sat Jan 20 2001 Hits: 444 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 3) Rate It
  • Amazon Alliance for Indigenous and Traditional Peoples of the Amazon Basin - a partnership between indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon and groups and individuals who share their concerns for the future of the Amazon and its peoples (Added: Fri Jan 26 2001 Hits: 1116 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
  • Amazon Watch - works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to advance indigenous peoples' rights and defend the environment from large-scale industrial development (Added: Fri Jan 12 2001 Hits: 844 Rating: 4.00 Votes: 5) Rate It
  • AmazonCoop - develops sustainable businesses to benefit six Indian tribes of the Brazilian Amazon which comprise its membership (Added: Fri Nov 23 2001 Hits: 744 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 2) Rate It
  • Borneo Project - an Earth Island project that assists Borneo's indigenous peoples in their struggle to regain control of their ancestral lands from the forces of rampant destruction (Added: Mon Feb 05 2001 Hits: 457 Rating: 4.00 Votes: 3)

47. ThinkQuest Internet Challenge Library : Brazilian Natives
difficulties. Contest 2000 Internet Challenge. Index Society Culture\ indigenous peoples \ brazilian Natives Search The Library.
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=481&cid=1

48. ACTION ALERT-->Brazilian Indigenous Land Rights Under Assault
Affairs by the brazilian State (Executive,. Legislative and Judiciary) and callingattention to the mounting. dangers against the indigenous peoples in the
http://forests.org/recent/1995/bracomin.htm
WORLDWIDE FOREST/BIODIVERSITY CAMPAIGN NEWS Forest Networking a Project of Ecological Enterprises June 11, 1995 Following you will find an urgent appeal from COMIN, a Brazilian indigenous organization, asking for international pressure to press the Brazilian government to stop dragging their feet on the demarcation of Indigenous Territory (abbreviated herein as TI). Specifically, the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, guaranteed by the Federal Constitution of 1988, are being abridged through a proposed decree to allow increased judicial appeals for invaders of indigenous lands. These lands have long been known to belong to indigenous peoples; and this legal ploy is more aimed at halting, or greatly reducing the extent of, a more rigourous legal demarcation of indigenous territory. Amazingly, this new appeals process is to be enacted retroactively, threatening the size and/or existence of 189 indigenous territories that have already been demarcated in Brazil. There are two excellent sample letters at the end which we appeal to you to take the time to expand upon and send.

49. Brazilian Amerindians Request Statute Of Indigenous Peoples
brazilian Amerindians Request Statute of indigenous peoples http//forests.org/web/ Discuss Forest Conservation 5/27/99
http://forests.org/archive/brazil/amerpeti.htm
Brazilian Amerindians Request Statute of Indigenous Peoples
http://forests.org/web/
Discuss Forest
Conservation
RELAYED TEXT STARTS HERE:
Title: Brazilian Amerindians Request Statute of Indigenous Peoples
Source: Indigenous Missionary Council
Date: May 27, 1999
Newsletter n 362
AMERINDIANS PRODUCE SIGNED PETITION WITH OVER 90,000 SIGNATURES
EQUESTING PASSAGE OF THE STATUTE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Indigenous representatives from several regions of the country who are members of the Council for the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of Brazil (Capoib), together with Cimi officials and federal congresspersons, delivered a signed petition with 93,868 signatures collected in Brazil and abroad to the presidents of the Chamber of Representatives, Michel Temer, and of the Senate, Antonio Carlos Magalhaes. The signed petition requests the passage of Bill n 2057/91 (Statute of Indigenous Peoples), proposed by federal representative Luciano Pizzato(Liberal Front Party-state of Paran ) to replace the statute presently in force. The National Congress has failed to pass the new

50. News Room
leaders offered their experience in the 1988 rewriting of the brazilian Constitutionwhich resulted in strong legal guarantees for indigenous peoples.
http://www.amazonwatch.org/newsroom/newsphotos/summitjun2099.htm
Three Country Indigenous Peoples Summit July 20th - 24th 1999
For Print Quality Photos click thumbnail or email amazon@amazonwatch.org
-23JUL99-CARACAS, VENEZUELA: Jose Poyo, President of the National Council of Indigenous Peoples of Venezuela (CONIVE) speaks to journalists during the Second International Seminar of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela held during july 20-23. Key topic was indigenous participation in the constitutional processes underway in Venezuela and Guyana. Brazilian indigenous leaders offered their experience in the 1988 re-writing of the Brazilian Constitution which resulted in strong legal guarantees for indigenous peoples.
Press Release
-JUL211999-CIUDAD BOLIVAR, VENEZUELA: Jose Dalberto Macuxi calls for stronger alliances among Indigenous peoples , NGO's and Universities to support Indigenous initiatives Indigenous Leaders from Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela unite to strategize on globalizing the rights of the Indigenous Peoples. Press Release 99-CIUDAD BOLIVAR, VENEZUELA: New elected Indigenous representative to the constituent Assembly, Jose Luis Gonzales introduces topics for the the Three Country Indigenous Summit. Indigenous Leaders from Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela gather to strategize on globalizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

51. Media Clips
'Together, our peoples are seeking a new development model for the region,'' saysJose Adalberto Macuxi, a coordinator of the brazilian indigenous Council in
http://www.amazonwatch.org/newsroom/mediaclips/jan1898ips.html
Inter-Press Service Amazon Indigenous Groups Oppose Infrastructure Projects Jan 18, 1998 By Danielle Knight WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (IPS) - Indigenous groups in the Amazon Basin of Latin America, the most biologically diverse rainforest on earth, are pushing ahead to oppose infrastructure projects they believe will lead to the destruction of their homelands. ''Together, our peoples are seeking a new development model for the region,'' says Jose Adalberto Macuxi, a coordinator of the Brazilian Indigenous Council in the state of Roraima (CIR). A new report reveals progress made since the First International Seminar of Indigenous Peoples held in August 1997 in the northern Brazilian Amazon town of Boa Vista. At that meeting Indigenous leaders from Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela discussed the potential impact of proposed development projects - such as roads, power lines, waterways, pipelines, and refineries - aimed to promote free trade in the region. ''Considering the multi-national nature of the development in the region, this exciting meeting enabled indigenous peoples to come together despite their language differences and work on solutions,'' Melina Selverston, director of the Washington-based Coalition for Amazonian Peoples and Their Environment, an advocacy group that participated in the seminar, told IPS.

52. Amazon Alliance - Amazon Update May 2000
In the past month we assisted with the brazilian indigenous March and Conference Weorganized a workshop for indigenous and local peoples worldwide on the
http://www.amazonalliance.org/update/2000/upd_may00_en.htm
About Us Amazon Update Resources Contact Us ... Archive May 2000 Amazon Update May 2000
No. 58 In Brief: Alliance Office News
Brazil: Environmental Movement Wins Historic Victory!
Indigenous and Local Peoples Demand Participation in the Climate Change Negotiations
Amazon Alliance Annual Meeting June 21-23, 2000, Santa Cruz, Bolivia Brazil: Indigenous Peoples 500 Years March and Conference
AMAZON ALLIANCE ACTIVITIES

* Assisted with Indigenous Conference 2000. Coroa Vermelha, Brazil. April 18-22.
* Attended reception honoring Goldman Prize Recipients. EarthRights International. April 20.
* Attended Strategy Meeting of the Colombia Human Rights Committee. April 27.
* Organized workshop "The Climate Change Conventions' Clean Development Mechanism: Advocating for Basic Rights of Indigenous and other Local Communities." Quito, Ecuador. May 4-6.
* Participated in the workshop "The World Bank and the Petroleum Sector: Strategies for Participation." Andean Amazon Working Group event. Quito, Ecuador. May 9-10. * Moderated round-table discussion, "Citizen Rights Before the World Bank." Hosted by the Center for Economic and Social Rights. Quito, Ecuador. May 10.

53. Amazon Alliance - Amazon Update November 2000
harm upon indigenous peoples and to require that the government provide compensation.The Panará tribe first came into contact with the brazilian government
http://www.amazonalliance.org/update/2000/upd_nov00_en.htm
About Us Amazon Update Resources Contact Us ... Archive November 2000 Amazon Update November 2000
No. 63 In Brief: Alliance Office News
Peru: Oil Spill Causes Sickness in Indigenous Communities and Contaminates River
Brazil: Federal Court Upholds Ruling that Compensates Panará Tribe for Deaths and Illnesses
Inter-American Court on Human Rights Convenes First Hearing Addressing Indigenous Territorial Rights
Alliance Activities

* Attended presentation by Xavier Albó, "Indigenous Movements in Andean Countries Today." Sponsored by George Washington University. Oct. 20.
* Attended lecture, "Colombia's Communities of Peace: Non-Violent Resistance in the Midst of War." Sponsored by SAIS Refugee Policy Forum. Oct. 23.
* Hosted round table discussion with Brazilian indigenous leaders from the Xingu Reserve. Oct. 26.
* Attended presentation, "Two Wars or One? Drugs, Guerrilas, and Colombia's New Violencia." Sponsored by Washington Office on Latin America. Nov. 1.
* Attended presentation, "Colombian Realities and the U.S. Response: Political Violence and the Drug Trade." Sponsored by George Washington University and Washington Office on Latin America. Nov. 9. * Coordinated and participated in the 2nd Forum of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Climate Change and the 6th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Nov. 11-12. The Hague, Netherlands.

54. Indigenous Peoples Of Brazil Plan Convergence On Anniversary Celebration
of indigenous, Black and Popular Resistance, to mobilize the brazilian public and helanded on the shores of Bahia, 40,000 indigenous peoples were enslaved
http://www.moles.org/ProjectUnderground/drillbits/5_05/4.html
Volume 5, Number 5, March 31, 2000 project underground home INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF BRAZIL PLAN CONVERGENCE ON ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Nearly 2,000 indigenous peoples from all over Brazil are organizing a convergence on Santa Cruz da Cabralia in April 2000 to counter the governmentâs planned celebration of the "discovery" of Brazil. Caravans will leave from each part of the country and head toward Bahia on the east coast of Brazil where in 1549, Portuguese conquistador Pedro Alvar Cabral landed his ship in search of gold, slaves, and Christian converts.
Indigenous March 2000 will culminate in the Conference of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations in Coroa Vermelha, Bahia, where proposals for "another 500 years" will be presented. Organizers say more than 70,000 non-Indian protesters, many from Brazilâs radical landless movement, will join in. The march symbolizes indigenous resistance and the struggle for the rights historically denied to them. Numerous committees have been formed across Brazil under the banner of "Brazil: 500 Years of Indigenous, Black and Popular Resistance," to mobilize the Brazilian public and reflect on the new forms of colonialism fed by the media.
In Brazil alone, the estimated native population was 5,000,000, belonging to 1,000 tribes, before Cabral arrived. By 1560, 11 years after he landed on the shores of Bahia, 40,000 indigenous peoples were enslaved and working on plantations. Today, according to Survival, a UK-based human rights organization, there are only 330,000 native peoples divided into about 210 tribes, largely because of centuries of disease, slavery, violence, starvation and suicide.

55. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FIGHT AGAINST NEGLECT
The reluctance of the brazilian government to approve Convention 169 shows howit fully disregards the cultural identity of indigenous peoples in Brazil.
http://abyayala.nativeweb.org/brazil/cimi/233.html
Newsletter n. 233 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FIGHT AGAINST NEGLECT The fact that drew the attention of the press most this week was the action of Xavante Indians in the state of Mato Grosso. Upset with news of changes or even of the possible closing down of Funai, they humiliated another president of the agency by dragging him to the street to demand that the agency should not be closed down, but rather learn how to assist indigenous peoples efficiently. The president of Funai, Julio Gaiger, wasn't beaten by the Indians just because one of his bodyguards shoved him into a private car and drove off. The ex-president of the agency, Marcio Santilli, experienced a similar embarassing situation in February of this year. The scandal with Gaiger made front-page headlines in the newspapers and showed that indigenous peoples are tired and adopting solutions of their own in a reaction against the sluggishness of the Brazilian government to solve their problems, and they have been resorting to drastic and often dramatic actions. In one week, two indigenous peoples took hostages as a means to force the government to negotiate with them. In Guajajara, in the state of Maranhao, they demanded and ensured the recovery, albeit unpaved, of the BR-226 highway, which connects Maranhao to various regions of the country and which, because of its terrible conditions in the stretch cutting the village, prevented Funai from providing its precarious assistance to them. The Indians kept 150 hostages for seven days and were supported by the population in their protest.

56. Witness Statement - Fiona Watson
displacement if indigenous peoples from their lands, to which they have originaland inalienable rights as enshrined in the brazilian Constitution (article 231
http://www.mcspotlight.org/people/witnesses/environment/watson_fiona.html
name: Fiona Watson section: Environment for: The Defence expertise: Campaigns Coordinator for Survival International summary:
Cattle ranching in the Amazon had an extremely negative impact on a number of indigenous peoples in the region known as Amazonia Legal. It is in fact, one of the most important causes of both rainforest destruction and the invasion of indigenous people's lands in the Amazonian rainforest as a whole. cv:
I am Campaigns Coordinator for Survival International, a woldwide organisation which defends the rights of indigenous peoples. I have special responsibilty for Brazil, Venezuala and Guyana. I have worked for Survival for nearly six years and in that time hav made three field trips to Brazil each lasting 2-3 months whaere I have travelled extensively in the Amazon and elsewhere. The main focus of these trips was to visit indigenous communities to assess and discuss with indigenous people their concerns and problems. Prior to my work with Survival, I worked on an ecological project in the Amazon organised by the Royal Geographical Society, London, and the Institute of Amazon Research (INPA) Manaus. During this project I lived in the Amazon state of Roraima for 14 months. After the field phase I returned to Britain and was responsible for researching for an education pack on the Amazon based on the project's research and aimed at G.C.S.E. This won the gold medal at the Geographical Associations Annual Awards in 1993. Full cv:
Not available for this witness full statement:

57. [Raza] Indigenous Brazilians Fight Back
police this week heeded a weeklong protest and went to the village of Caju in thenorthern brazilian Amazon, where the Macuxi indigenous peoples are fighting
http://burn.ucsd.edu/archives/raza/1997.07/msg00012.html
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[Raza] Indigenous Brazilians fight back
http://members.tripod.com/~ncmc/razalist.html Raza News Archives: http://burn.ucsd.edu/archives/raza/ Mail: c/o P.O. Box 926113, Houston, TX 77292-6113 Support the Chicano Press Association: http://burn.ucsd.edu/~cpa/ NCMC: http://members.tripod.com/~ncmc Union del Barrio: http://burn.ucsd.edu/~udb/udbindex.html

58. MM March 1996
By rewriting the law, the brazilian government is making it possible for and pristineareas that have long been the sacred homeland of indigenous peoples.
http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/mm0396.03.html
Brazil's "Genocide Decree"
ON JANUARY 8, 1996, Brazil 's President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signed into law Decree 1775, dubbed the "Genocide Decree" by human rights activists. The new decree reverses the tenets of existing laws that protect indigenous people by allowing commercial interests to protest the demarcation of land as indigenous territory. Brazilian indigenous and environmental groups and international indigenous rights organizations charge that the new law will undermine the rights of indigenous people to their traditional lands as guaranteed in Brazil's constitution, and could strip local communities of control of the natural resources on which they depend. Furthermore, they say, formal challenges by commercial interests to demarcation decisions will compromise the already slow process of establishing additional indigenous reserves and may call into question the legitimacy of existing ones. "Decree 1775 is more than a setback; it's a death sentence for many indigenous groups," said the Brazil-based Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon. Alarmed by the serious situation facing indigenous groups in Brazil, the Organization of American States (OAS) is already compiling a report to President Cardoso's government that directs the state to respect human rights. And the international groups that form the Amazon Coalition have mounted a campaign to urge President Cardoso to revoke the Genocide Decree.

59. The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Brazilian Tribe Feels Betrayed By Plan
The brazilian government legally demarcated lands for the Indian group in 1951. Theysay a growing suspicion by governments and indigenous peoples globally has
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134536273_btbiopiracy09

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Brazilian tribe feels betrayed by plant search By Patrice M. Jones

Chicago Tribune E-mail this article Print this article Search web archive But when a leading university began an important research project to collect medicinal plants and centuries-old knowledge from the Kraho, a nasty debate erupted. What was expected to be a model marriage of ancient culture and modern technology has become another front in the battle between indigenous peoples who claim the right to profit from their "traditional knowledge" and scientists and industry searching for medical breakthroughs. In a complaint filed with federal prosecutors, lawyers representing an association of Kraho Indians recently asked for $8 million in damages from the Federal University of São Paulo as compensation for the extraction of medicinal plants and the collection of knowledge on the plants' uses from Indian shamans and elders. The topic is one of myriad subjects discussed recently at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, a follow-up to the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

60. Best Indigenous Cultures Websites
for the future of the Amazon and its peoples. Amazonian rainforest and knowledge ofthe indigenous shaman and developed to help preserve brazilian resources in
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was formed and developed to help preserve Brazilian resources in an environmentally sound manner, benefiting the people of Brazil and the world.
Rainforest Foundation
supports indigenous peoples and traditional populations of the rainforest in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfill their rights.
THE BEST CULTURES LINKS
Recommended by Care2 Staff Amazon Alliance for Indigenous and Traditional Peoples of the Amazon Basin is an initiative born out of the partnership between indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon and groups and individuals who share their concerns for the future of the Amazon and its peoples. Amazon Conservation Team's Executive Director is Mark Plotkin, Ph.D., Ethnobotinist and author of Tales of the Shaman's Apprentice. The group works to conserve the Amazonian rainforest and knowledge of the indigenous shaman. Amazon International was formed and developed to help preserve Brazilian resources in an environmentally sound manner, benefiting the people of Brazil and the world. Amazon Watch works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous people's rights in the face of large-scale industrial development.

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