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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Amazon News - June 2nd, 2005 (fwd)
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 21:02:19 -0400 (EDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 19:30:04 -0300 (GMT-03:00) From: newsletter@amazonia.org.br To: sondheim@panix.com Subject: Amazon News - June 2nd, 2005 Amazon News Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazon <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Amazon News is a weekly information service provided by www.amazonia.org.br, the largest bilingual site on the Brazilian Amazon region, in partnership with several Brazilian media. Its publisher is Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazon, a Brazilian non-profit and public interest registered organization. ___________________________________________________________ Dear Friend, The Brazilian agribusiness giant Amaggi, belonging to the Governor of Mato Grosso Blairo Maggi, buys soybean from Amazon farms where slave labor was detected by the federal government. Blairo Maggi was recently called the King of Deforestation. Read more at: IFC funding linked to soybean purchase from farms using slave labor Amazonia.org.br See declarations collected by the Amazonia.org.br reporting team together with researchers, state authorities, business persons, congress persons and environmentalists on governing environmental policies and the advance of the agro-business in Amazonia: DEFORESTATION IN AMAZONIA Petrobras made "donations" to Ecuadorian Environment Ministry following obtaining its licensing to build a road in the Yasun� National Park. Two years ago, the company also conceded scholarships to functionaries from the licensing agency. Even though these types of payments are permitted by Ecuadorian law, the amount submitted is uncommon. Read more at: PETROBRAS IN THE YASUN� NATIONAL PARK The news this week: Indigenous persons invade Cuiaba's FUNAI office and take 20 hostages Ag�ncia Estado - 06/01/2005 Amazonas announces the creation of three reserves and resources totalling 1.5 million Euros from the EU Radiobr�s - 06/01/2005 A Highway through the Amazon Promises Riches, but Some Fear Ecological Catastrophe Associated Press - 05/31/2005 Court takes a turn and cancels the order to remove illegal loggers and land grabbers from Indigenous Territory in Para Amazonia.org.br - 05/31/2005 In Amazonia, the land grabbers take hold of the highway on the eve of the reform O Estado de S.Paulo - 05/31/2005 Sickness kills indigenous children A Cr�tica - 05/31/2005 INPA studies patents for 21 products and processes Radiobr�s - 05/31/2005 Agricultural project: producers paralyse soybean traffic in Mato Grosso state Ag�ncia Estado - 05/31/2005 Logging ban protects Brazil tribe BBC - 05/27/2005 Accord provides for the return of land grabbed federal lands O Estado de S.Paulo - 05/27/2005 A project to save the forests O Estado de S.Paulo - 05/26/2005 The Amazon's Texan saviour The Economist - 05/26/2005 More news Click here if you want to unsubscribe for the newsletter. If the links are not displayed correctly, click here. ___________________________________________________________ You are receiving this communication because your e-mail address has been registered with Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazon. This newsletter is produced by Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazon. www.amazonia.org.br "Amazon is not just a forest"