These are the latest news from the Uru-eu-wai-wai who when they were first contacted in 1981, disease and death followed shortly thereafter. They had limited antibodies to fight foreign pathogens, infectious diseases which took a toll. From a … Read More... about THE URU-eu-wau-wau in RONDONIA STATE – BRAZIL – RAINFOREST FUND/ECAM project
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COVID – 2021 SCENARIO
At the end of 2020 the downside risk was that in 2021 the virus would not be brought under control by the end of the year and that a second and third waves would emerge and be equally as lethal. It happened and today here we are in a race against … Read More... about COVID – 2021 SCENARIO
Indigenous communities and the Pandemic: THE VACCINE
The end of the most traumatic period of this year 2020 is finally in view, as Covid vaccines are being distributed, recovery has become reality even if it is still far away for the whole world. The pandemic has trained its death and destruction of … Read More... about Indigenous communities and the Pandemic: THE VACCINE
Update from Costa Rica: court orders eviction of indigenous people and Public Prosecutor’s Office archives case of murdered leader
Please go to https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/lands-forests-territories-inter-american-human-rights-system-rights-land-natural-resources/news … Read More... about Update from Costa Rica: court orders eviction of indigenous people and Public Prosecutor’s Office archives case of murdered leader