Brazil’s Lula decrees 6 Indigenous reserves
BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday decreed six new Indigenous reserves, including a vast Amazon territory, after a freeze in such expansion under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. Under the decrees, Indigenous people are guaranteed exclusive use of natural resources on these lands, viewed by scientists as a bulwark against Amazon […]
Reimagining the social contract
Every year, the International Day of Indigenous Peoples is celebrated on August 9, which is a Monday this year. That sounds serious and enlightening. Who are the so called ‘Indigenous Peoples’ of the world? In terms of population, there are apparently over 476 million indigenous peoples living in 90 countries across the world, but in […]
