Brazil: The Yawanawá Community - From The Amazon To Global Markets

Brazil: The Yawanawá Community - From The Amazon To Global Markets   On Tuesday, 4 October 2011, the Equator Initiative hosted Tashka Yawanawá of the Yawanawá people of the Brazilian Amazon, to talk about his community's successes in advocating for change, conserving their indigenous territory, and developing new sources of sustainable energy.   The Yawanawá community won the Equator Prize in 2008 in recognition of their sustainable management of over 180,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest in...

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