Brazil: ‘Dalai Lama Of The Rainforest’ Appeals For Rio+20 To Save World's Most Threatened Tribe


Brazil: ‘Dalai Lama Of The Rainforest’ Appeals For Rio+20 To Save World's Most Threatened Tribe   The ‘Dalai Lama of the rainforest’ is urgently appealing to governments attending Rio+20 to help save the earth’s most threatened tribe, by pressuring Brazil to stamp out illegal logging.   Speaking ahead of the UN conference, internationally renowned Indian leader Davi Kopenawa Yanomami said properly protecting the Awá tribe’s land rights was the only way to guarantee their...

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19 June 2012

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