Multimedia | film profile
Ilha das Flores [Isle of Flowers]
This short film follows a spoiled tomato as it moves through the Brazilian food chain.
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Multimedia | film profile
Les Invisibles de Belo Monte [Belo Monte's Invisibles]
This film gives voice to people affected by the development of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon, and details the devastating environmental and social consequences of the project.
Multimedia | film profile
Sumidouro: Good-Bye River
This award-winning film examines the lives of 5000 people from 42 riverside communities a year after they have been displaced by the construction of the Irapé Dam and hydroelectric power plant in Brazil.
Multimedia | journal article
“Artificial Apple Production in Fraiburgo, Brazil, 1958–1989”
This article, “Artificial Apple Production in Fraiburgo, Brazil, 1958–1989,” by Jó Klanovicz explores connections between the “domestication” of apples in Southern Brazil, the polemic on contaminated apples in 1989, and the reactions of the apple industry to the news published in the press on the use of pesticides in Brazilian orchards.
Multimedia | journal article
"Toiling in Paradise: Knowledge Acquisition in the Context of Colonial Agriculture in Brazil's Atlantic Forest"
Four centuries of colonial extraction lead to severe ecological degradation of the forests and soils of the Atlantic region of Brazil. This article discusses the management of soil fertility and the relationship between agricultural practices and forest stands based on agricultural manuals published in Brazil over a period of more than two centuries.
Multimedia | film profile
“Global Hotspots for Tropical Forest Restoration”
Pedro Brancalion is a professor of forest restoration at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. In this presentation, he discusses the results of his research conducted in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. He applies these results to other tropical forests across the globe, stressing the importance of global restoration implementation.
Multimedia | book, full-text
“Constructing Legitimacy? Agroecology within and beyond the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST)”
Full text of Claire Lagier’s dissertation, “Constructing Legitimacy? Agroecology within and beyond the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST).”
Multimedia | journal
Earth First! 27, no. 6
In Earth First! 27, no. 6 activists report on defending wilderness in Iceland, Brazil’s movement of landless workers, the 2007 Wild Earth gathering, monkeywrenching caterpillars, reclaiming land rights in Canada, and new biofuel made out of forest biomass.
Multimedia | journal
Earth First! 25, no. 4
Earth First! 25, no. 4 reports on the protests against logging in the wild Siskyou Mountains in Oregon, on jurisdictional consequences for Earth Liberation Front activists, and features an essay on “Stupidity and Critics of the Ecology Movement.”
Multimedia | journal
Earth First! Journal 20, no. 8
This issue of Earth First! Journal features various stories about the actions to defend Adnyamathanha territory in Australia, the protest against genetic engineering, and the fight against industrial agriculture in Brazil. In addition, Felix Tuodolo tells the story of how Nigerian military opened fire on youths after Shell’s oil spill.