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Brazilian environmental NGOs depend heavily on corporate money
Posted by Mongabay: Ruxandra Guidi on December 1st, 2015
Mongabay: Is it a conflict-of-interest for environmental NGOs -- which, in principle, fight for the preservation of nature -- to receive contributions from mining companies, which by their very nature, can cause negative impacts on the environment?
Between 2009 and 2014 Fundo Vale invested more than $30 million in environmental projects by 25 organizations in seven Amazonian states throughout Brazil.
Environmental NGOs in Brazil should now focus on helping prevent new disasters, since there's a risk...
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A dam and mine disaster in Brazil causes major environmental damage
Posted by Mongabay: Ruxandra Guidi on November 23rd, 2015
Mongabay: Earlier this month, the Fundão dam in the state of Minas Gerais broke, starting the biggest environmental disaster in the country. Since then, the possibly 62 million liters of toxic mud travelled around 600 miles, transforming the Doce River into a pot of dust, killing most of its biodiversity.
The tsunami did not only cause biological damage: so far, 11 people have died, dozens are missing and 500 are left homeless. The water supply in the cities along the river’s path has been interrupted....