The expansion of huge cattle ranches and industrial-scale farms in remote regions has produced a land scramble, with conflicts among indigenous groups often ending in violent clashes. full story ![]()
A national conservation that helps local, nonprofit land trusts buy up property to protect natural resources is creating a first-of-its-kind liability insurance company to help them cover the costs of legal battles with developers.
modbee.com (14 days ago)
A national conservation that helps local, nonprofit land trusts buy up property to protect natural resources is creating a first-of-its-kind liability insurance company to help them cover the costs of legal battles with developers.
sacbee.com (14 days ago)
Tanzania's Maasai battle government, game hunters for ancestral grazing land. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.
cnn.com (18 days ago)
The upcoming World Cup and Olympics guarantee that Brazil's international visibility will continue its rapid ascent. The country just has to ensure there are seats for all of the guests. Brazil may be emerging from its reputation as the permanent "land of tomorrow," but Parag Khanna suspects it will likely get there only at the last minute.
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Federal police ordered some 200 Terena Indians to leave a former congressman's ranch in south-central Brazil on Thursday in the latest flashpoint of a widening conflict over land ownership in South America's farm belt.
nytimes.com (2 days ago)
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Federal police ordered some 200 Terena Indians to leave a former congressman's ranch in south-central Brazil on Thursday in the latest flashpoint of a widening conflict over land ownership in South America's farm belt.
reuters.com (3 days ago)
ENGLAND fans could face a nightmare in Brazil next summer as the country battles to gets its stadiums ready on time against a backdrop of violent gang rape and mass demonstrations that have left its World Cup dream in tatters.
dailyexpress.co.uk (19 hours ago)
By Caroline Stauffer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Federal police ordered some 200 Terena Indians to leave a former congressman's ranch in south-central Brazil on Thursday in the latest flashpoint of a widening conflict over land ownership in South America's farm belt. The ranch's owner, Ricardo Bacha, skipped a meeting in Brasilia with the country's vice president over the land...
yahoo.com (3 days ago)

Brazil's economic boom has meant a shifting social order. Domestic workers have gained new rights, higher pay and greater freedom, to many employers' dismay.SAO PAULO, Brazil — When she was 19, Neide Cardeal da Silva left her family, who barely scraped by living off the land, to move in with a family she'd never met.
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The men were the first to be charged since an armed group from the southern Philippines claimed ancestral rights to land in the state of Sabah.
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