Militant Mothers of the Movement: Meet Maria Leusa Munduruku

Militant Mothers of the Movement: Meet Maria Leusa Munduruku

Maria Leusa Munduruku has emerged as a powerful defender of Munduruku territory in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon against a conflux of extractive megaprojects such as dams, mining, illegal logging, and the Ferrogrão mega-railway. The post Militant Mothers of the Movement: Meet Maria Leusa Munduruku first appeared on Amazon Watch.

The European Union launched yesterday the project “Security, Conflict and Environment in the Amazon” to generate rigorous information on organized crime and environmental conflicts in the Northwest Amazon, which includes Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and Bolivia. The project has a budget of 5.5 billion Colombian pesos (approximately 1.2 million euros) and will be implemented by the Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Deve…

European Commission for the Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera noted that with the implementation of the new Environmental Crimes Directive opens a "new phase" in ecological protection. "We have entered a new phase", where international cooperation through bodies such as Europol makes the fight against environmental crimes "more effective and efficient," said Ribera at an event in the European Parliamen…