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The Dark Side of Brazilian Gold
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In Paracatú, a little town of Minas Gerais state, Southeast Brazil, one of the largest gold mines in the country generates great controversy due to a surge in cancer cases, death threats to activists, and a silent campaign to investigate critics of the mine.
Secrets of the Andean Chakras
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Discover the ancient wisdom of Andean chakras, a sustainable farming system rooted in harmony with nature. This video explores how traditional practices nurture biodiversity, preserve soil health, and support resilient communities, offering lessons for modern agriculture and food security in a changing climate.
Mine action to restore agriculture in Ukraine
Assessing the contamination of agricultural lands impacted by the war is a central part of the high-risk job of Tiphaine Lucas, programme coordinator for the Mine Action and Land Rehabilitation Initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Ukrainein Brazil.
In the Amazon, a Clash of Two Models
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Making up roughly 40 percent of South America, the Amazon forest, especially in Brazil, is currently at a crossroads. Agribusiness has become a source of prosperity, but for Indigenous tribes, the expansion of soy and cattle ranching threatens the future of the jungle and their own lives.
The Mine, The Train, The Life
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A two-mile long, 330-car train currently links one of the richest and largest open-pit mines in the world—the iron ore mine of Carajás, located in the heart of the Brazilian rain forest—with exporting Atlantic ports. Some 550 miles of railroad cut through the jungle, villages, and cities—a blessing for some; a curse for others.
Boxing as a Redemption
Born in a Rio de Janeiro favela, Patrick lost his father when he was three years old because of drug violence. Many believed he too would become a member of a gang. But he focused in sports: football, tennis, then boxing. In 2016, against all odds, he participated in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.