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In a new documentary, the people of Phulbari, Bangladesh explain why, since 2005, they have opposed an open pit coal mine that would displace them from their homes, and will continue to oppose the project in the future at any cost.  "We are united," explains one community member.  "Any any cost, we will stay united. We will stay alive in our own place, and if the time comes to die, we shall die in our own place."

 

A panel of experts appointed by the government have concluded after a year of study that the construction of an open-pit mine in the Phulbari region of northern Bangladesh is a “practical approach”.  The 17 member committee, headed by the former chairman of the national oil company of Bangladesh, was formed a year ago to give opinions on the appropriate coal mining and its implications on social and environmental factors.

On Thursday October 18, the President of Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court  (STF), Minister Carlos Ayres Britto, overruled the decision to suspend the removal of illegal occupants from theXavante Territory of Marawãitsede. Tserewamriwe, a leader from Marawãitsede, applauded the decision and stated, “Because of our struggle, the [court] decided in our favor.  Now we want to recuperate all that was lost: our roots, our trees and animals.  We will plant our gardens to nourish our families.” 

On behalf of the the Oroko, Bakossi, and Upper Bayang peoples in the Ndian, Koupé-Manengouba, and Manyu divisions of Cameroon, last week Cultural Survival delivered statements and petitions with 800 signatures from community members to Bruce Wrobel, CEO of Herakles Farms and Delilah Rothenberg, Herakles Farms Project Director at the company's headquarters in New York City.
 
The petition opposes Herakles Farms palm oil development.
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