Sentences with phrase «as rubber tappers»
Unscrupulous rubber merchants eventually enslaved «hundreds of thousands of Indians» from isolated Amazonian tribes to work as rubber tappers, according to a 1988 study by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs.
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As Scott Wallace so vividly reported for National Geographic in 2013, Chota was adept at organizing patrols to confront loggers on tribal territory, echoing the work of Chico Mendes, the rubber tapper who similarly fought — and died — just across the border in Brazil in 1988.
The money comes from KfW as payments for emissions reductions, and 70 % of it is earmarked specifically for the providers of ecosystem services, including rubber - tappers and indigenous peoples.
Meet Marina Silva — she wants to be Brazil's Green new president.It's no surprise that environmental issues are at the heart of Silva's campaign; Born in 1958, she grew up alongside rubber tappers in the Amazon rainforest as one of eleven children.
Schwartzman participated as an observer in the negotiations between the government, Chico, and other rubber tapper leaders.