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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 - July 14th, 2005 (fwd)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:49:57 -0400 (EDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:57:51 -0300 (GMT-03:00) From: newsletter@amazonia.org.br To: sondheim@panix.com Subject: Amazon News - July 14th, 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, After Huaorani protests this week in Quito, the Ecuadorian government announced the creation of a commission to inspect the impacts of the oil exploitation in indigenous territories. The protesters request the moratorium on oil exploitation and that Lula remove Petrobras from Ecuador. Read more at: Ecuador creates commission to analyze license given to Petrob ras in the Yasun� Park Amazonia.org.br Other news on the subject: Ecuador Indians Protest Petrobras Oil Development The New York Times - 07/12/2005 Indigenous Peoples request that Lula remove Petrobras from Ecuador Ag�ncia Estado - 07/11/2005 Huaorani People in Ecuador march in protest against Petrobras Rede Brasileira de Justi�a Ambiental - 07/08/2005 The news this week: 37 tons of mercury contaminated Para state O Estado de S.Paulo - 07/12/2005 Brazil arrests 35 Peruvians caught stealing timber Minist�rio do Meio Ambiente - 07/12/2005 Judge dismisses action vs. expropriation of lands for Indigenous Territory in Para state Supremo Tribunal Federal - 07/12/2005 Xingu's Indigenous Peoples demonstrate successes in the management of natural resources and the recuperation of cultural traditions ISA- Instituto Socioambiental - 07/12/2005 Chamber of Deputies approves sustainable development project for Amazon Radiobr�s - 07/11/2005 From bad to worse O Eco - 07/10/2005 IBAMA applies fines for a total of R$ 8 million due to deforestation in Amazonas' south Radiobr�s - 07/09/2005 More invasions in certified timber areas Di�rio do Par� - 07/08/2005 70 workers living in slave-like work conditions are liberated in Para state Ag�ncia Estado - 07/08/2005 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"