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Amazonie et Bassin du Congo : même menaces et même combats

Les évêques catholiques parlent de la protection des peuples autochtones et des forêts tropicales en Amazonie et dans le monde : Il est temps d'écouter le cri des peuples et de la nature.

13/11/2019

Blogs

As the Amazon burns and global deforestation accelerates, only unified international action can save the world’s forests

Tropical forests are likely to grab headlines today when Jair Bolsonaro addresses the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York.

In early September, just before a hernia operation, Brazil’s President told reporters, “I will...

24/09/2019

News

The proposed Mercosur deal throws fuel on the Amazon fires

Hope remains: the deal can still be rejected, as a first step toward requiring that companies and consumers do better.

18/09/2019

Blogs

Europeans must face their own role in the destruction of the Amazon

Images of the Amazon burning have caused global alarm. They have also, say observers, triggered a response unparalleled in the history of the politics around climate change: the setting of international red lines on environmental destruction.

06/09/2019

News

Mercosur trade deal heightens risks to forests and human rights

The Commission has prioritised trade and profit; it is now up to the European and national parliaments to set a more positive course for human rights and forests.

09/07/2019

Press Releases

En signant un accord de libre-échange avec le Mercosur, l’UE sacrifie les forêts et les droits sur l'autel du commerce

Bruxelles, 28/06/2019 - L'accord commercial conclu aujourd'hui entre l'Union européenne (UE) et le Mercosur, communauté économique comprenant le Brésil, l'Argentine, le Paraguay et l'Uruguay, aura des conséquences dévastatrices...

28/06/2019

Films

Why the European Union must halt free trade negotiations with Brazil

Sonia Guajajara, spokesperson of Brazilian Indigenous Peoples, explains the threats they currently face and ask the EU to support their struggles.

18/06/2019

Press Releases

340+ organisations call on the EU to immediately halt trade negotiations with Brazil

June 18, 2019, Brussels - In an open letter published today, over 340 civil society organisations are demanding that the European Union immediately halt free trade agreement negotiations with the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina,...

17/06/2019

EU must back Indigenous People against Bolsonaro’s attacks

The grim prophecies foreshadowing Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency have been fulfilled with dizzying speed in his first 100 days in office. The EU and its consumers must end their complicity in the unfolding disaster.

12/04/2019

Press Releases

International coalition calls for the EU to end its role in the assault on the Amazon

Brussels, Wednesday, April 10 - On Jair Bolsonaro’s 100th day in office, an international coalition of NGOs – including a group representing more than 300 Brazilian indigenous groups – have called for the European Union (EU) to...

10/04/2019