A podcast about Brazil’s changing territorial, environmental, and agricultural policies. With the voices of those who are working to reconstruct, reimagine; and redivide. From urban to rural. In the Amazon and beyond.
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Brasília, Capital of Hopes and Dreams - Brazil, Reimagined?#8
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Capital of Hope, that’s how Brasília was perceived when it was given shape in the 50s. Emerged from the ground in 5 years, the capital was hailed as a modernist miracle and a symbol of modernity in the wildness. For designers, politicians, workmen and citizens, it became a place of dreams, of change, of new times; but also, of disillusion. For this…
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While EU leaders have been cheering president Lula’s green ambitions, seeing it as the chance to reinforce EU-Brazil relations, what has actually changed since January 1st? For this 7th episode of Brazil, Reimagined? I aimed to make a connection between the people working to reconstruct, forest, and produce in harmony with nature in Brazil; and the…
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On September 21st, there was a historic victory for indigenous people in Brazil, when the supreme court voted against a proposal for a time frame argument to limit indigenous land claims. Thereby, the court blocked agribusiness supported efforts to prevent indigenous communities claiming land they did not physically occupy in 1988. For this new epi…
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When talking about the reconstruction and reimagination of national environmental policies, Guajara-Mirim, a small border town located in what is perceived to be Brazil’s periphery, might seem of minor importance. Yet, it was precisely in this place that history was written in the beginning of March, when a public hearing was organised to recognise…
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By more and more farmers, agroforestry is considered as the solution to produce while at the same time working on reforestation and restoration. Recovering the lands cleared and degraded for monoculture farming.بقلم Nadine Vermeulen
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“Never Again a Brazil Without Us,” were the last words of Sônia Guajajara’s speech when she took office as the minister leading the 1st Ministry of Indigenous People in Brazil.بقلم Nadine Vermeulen
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Rondônia, from Colonisation to Reimagination ?
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The second episode of this series takes you to Rondônia, in the west of Brazil. Situated in the so-called ‘Arc of Deforestation’, it is known for being one of the regions with the highest rates of deforestation, for invasions in indigenous territories, for conflicts in the countryside.بقلم Nadine Vermeulen
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This first episode takes you to Brasília, the political capital, at the time of the political transition. It includes interviews with scientists and experts in different policy areas, allowing to understand what impact ‘A posse do Lula’ can actually have on environmental and agricultural policies, and on the groups impacted by them.…
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