Amazon: Communities defend larger mangrove forest – 03/31/2024 – Environment
Often in the news around the world for its imposing forest, the Amazon is a diverse biome, with several distinct...
Quilombos of Brazil
Pro-oil and mining duo will lead Energy Commission – 03/13/2024 – Environment
Chosen this Wednesday (13) to preside over the CME (Mines and Energy Commission) of the Chamber of Deputies, Júnior Ferrari...
Environmental racism exists, says minister Anielle Franco – 03/04/2024 – Environment
"Environmental racism is black people going anywhere and, unfortunately, staying on the margins. They are the ones who suffer when...
Quilombos in Bahia want to win over Brazilian tourists – 02/28/2024 – Tourism
Rota da Liberdade is the name of a route that guides groups of visitors through the quilombos of the Recôncavo...
Sisu 2024: what the selection looks like with the new Quota Law – 01/15/2024 – Education
The inclusion of quilombolas in the Quota Law was sanctioned by President Lula in November last year. Now, quilombola students...
Quilombolas go to COP28 to demand climate justice – 12/02/2023 – Environment
Traditional communities from Brazil are present at COP28, the UN climate conference that began on Thursday (30), in Dubai, in...
Ancestral knowledge needs to be included in climate strategies – 11/23/2023 – Inequalities
As we know, over the years the predatory development of capitalism has been removing communities and deforesting forests and other...
Course aims to combine quilombola knowledge with AI – 11/17/2023 – Education
Digital culture, education and ancestry. This is the tripod on which the QI - Quilombo Inteligente project was built, a...
Quilombos obtain injunction in the United Kingdom against mining companies – 11/08/2023 – Environment
Residents of two quilombos in Bahia obtained a court injunction in the United Kingdom to prevent British mining companies from...
Why include quilombolas in the Quota Law? – 10/27/2023 – Education
Quilombolas are now covered by the Quota Law, a change approved by the Senate last Tuesday (24) and expected to...
In drought, quilombolas in Pará wait for water delivery – 10/20/2023 – Environment
Amid the severe drought in the Amazon, quilombola and riverside communities in Oriximiná, a city in western Pará, are waiting...
Quilombolas in the Quota Law make project more inclusive – 08/16/2023 – Educação
The renewal of the Quotas Law, approved by the Chamber of Deputies last week, established the inclusion of the quilombola...
