Brazilian judge blocks decree to open Amazon reserve to mining

A Brazilian judge on Wednesday blocked a presidential decree that opened an Amazon nature reserve to mining.

Brazil charges 63 over meat scandal: A total of 21 meatpacking plants were involved

Brazil's Federal Police said Sunday they charged 63 people for taking part in a corruption scheme that sold expired or adulterated meat.

Armed protesters occupy Oregon wildlife refuge building over jailed ranchers

Armed protesters occupied a building of a federal wildlife refuge in the US state of Oregon in support of two return-to-jail ranchers punished by the court, according to the BBC on January 3. 

Local court gives green light to nuclear restart in Japan's Fukui prefecture

Japan's Fukui District Court on Thursday revoked an injunction that banned the restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors of the Takahama nuclear power plant, clearing the way for the restart of the two reactors.

12 jailed in east China for injecting water into cattle

A Chinese court has imprisoned 12 people for injecting water into cattle before slaughter to increase their weight and make more profit.

Canarias ve como un “éxito” el fin de las prospecciones petrolíferas de Repsol

El presidente de Canarias, Paulino Rivero, afirmó este jueves que su Gobierno considera "un éxito para las islas" y "una garantía para las próximas generaciones" la paralización de las prospecciones petrolíferas que estaba realizando Repsol en aguas próximas a la región.

El Tribunal Superior de Canarias rechaza suspender las prospecciones petrolíferas

Los jueces del Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias rechazaron hoy suspender cautelarmente las prospecciones petrolíferas que se están realizando a 54 kilómetros de la Isla de Fuerteventura y a 62 de la de Lanzarote, en el archipiélago canario.

First World Conference on Indigenous Peoples set to open at UN headquarters

UN,  21 September 2014 – The week of high-level events that marks the opening of the United Nations General Assembly's annual general debate kicks off this year with the first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (WCIP), which opens Monday.

Convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly, the two-day World Conference is expected to draw over a thousand indigenous and non-indigenous delegates who will have the opportunity to share perspectives and best practices on the realization of their rights, including pursuing the objectives of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the General Assembly in 2007.

On International Day, Ban says indigenous peoples can be "powerful agents of progress"

 UN, 9 August 2014 – Marking the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said indigenous peoples have a central interest in development and can act as “powerful agents of progress.”

“In order for them to contribute to our common future, we must secure their rights,” said Mr. Ban in his message on the Day, in which he added: “Let us recognize and celebrate the valuable and distinctive identities of indigenous peoples around the world. Let us work even harder to empower them and support their aspirations.”

Miles de personas se manifiestan contra la 'deliberadamente injusta' sentencia del 'Prestige'

Multitudinarias manifestaciones simultáneas en ocho localidades de Galicia ... Nunca Máis se erige como 'el único grito de Justicia en medio de tanta Injusticia' ... Recaudan fondos para financiar el recurso ante el Supremo y en Estrasburgo ....
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Los manifestantes sostienen que "once años después siguen existiendo razones para la indignación, la reivindicación y la contestación social" y aunque este domingo la contestación social quedó muy lejos de aquellas cifras históricas de 2002, todas las manifestaciones fueron multitudinarias.

Brazil court orders resumption of work on Amazon Belo Monte dam.

AFP - A Brazilian court on Wednesday ordered work to resume on a dam in the Amazon, reversing a ruling that had ordered a stoppage over environmental concerns, the project consortium said.
A Norte Energia statement said the president of the Federal Court in Brasilia lifted the suspension on the Belo Monte dam.
Another judge had ordered the consortium to halt the work Friday, saying it had not met its environmental commitments.
Just as the 20,000 workers were preparing to stop work at the dam, located in the northern state of Para, Judge Mario Cesar Ribeiro said only a special court could rule on a suspension, according to a spokesman.

Brésil: la justice suspend la construction du gigantesque barrage de Belo Monte.

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Un juge d'un tribunal fédéral de Brasilia a ordonné la suspension des travaux de construction du gigantesque barrage de Belo Monte, en Amazonie brésilienne, vivement contesté par les écologistes et les populations locales, a annoncé lundi une porte-parole de la cour.

Le juge Antonio Souza Prudente a prononcé la suspension de l'autorisation environnementale accordée au projet et l'arrêt des travaux du barrage hydroélectrique, situé sur le fleuve Xingu, dans l'Etat du Para (nord), selon cette porte-parole.
Prise vendredi, la décision du juge interdit à la banque publique BNDES, qui finance le projet, de débloquer des fonds tant que tous les engagements sociaux-environnementaux n'auront pas été tenus par les promoteurs. "Nous ne nous opposons pas au développement du pays mais nous affirmons qu'il faut respecter la loi", avait déclaré le procureur de l'Etat du Para.