Brazil: Government Will Expand Consultations With Traditional Communities Before Approving Major Projects

Brazil: Government Will Expand Consultations With Traditional Communities Before Approving Major Projects   Translated from Portuguese, Original Below   The minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Gilberto Carvalho said yesterday (8) that the country will not stop building works such as the hydroelectric Belo Monte and Jirau dams, but will move to adopt the model proposed in the consultation Convention 169 of the International Labour Organization (ILO), of which Brazil...

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