A ditadura militar no Brasil desempenhou um papel significativo na devastação do bioma do Cerrado e na violência contra aqueles que há muito protegem as suas terras—as comunidades indígenas que resistem há séculos.
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Injuries to the Environment and the Guarani in Cerrado during Brazil’s Military Dictatorship
The military dictatorship in Brazil played a significant role in the devastation of the Cerrado biome and the violence against those who have long protected their lands—the Indigenous communities who have resisted for centuries.
How to See Whales
Picture a Saturday in February, a crisp walk for two on a Cape Cod salt marsh. Each step meant testing the ground in front of us, given the recent snowfall and thawing earth.
![‘Boeri Lake’ [Acrylic on Canvas] painting by Rose Wark](https://i0.wp.com/envhistnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image_2021-03-12_180427.png?fit=551%2C459&ssl=1)
Naming ‘Paradise’: The Adamic Imagination, Colonial Toponyms, and Remembering the Indigenous Caribbean
My name, Renée, means ‘re-born’. It bears a distinct irony considering the power of naming, re-naming, un-naming, and misnaming which are all constituted in a process of birthing or rebirthing.
Colonized Bodies: Women, Nature, and Indigeneity
When I first initiated my doctoral project, I wasn’t thinking of any specific gender issue.