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New report reveals human rights abuses by corps, govts in the Amazon
2014-05-14 19:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Regnskogfondet (the Rainforest Foundation of Norway) recently released a 52-page report entitled Human Rights and Resource Conflicts in the Amazon. The report took over six months to complete and gives an in-depth account of the conflicts activists and indigenous peoples (IPs) are having with corporations and governmental agencies. It relays a situation that does not look good. The report details everything from physical attacks to systematic pressure by corporations and governments. According...
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