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‘War in the woods’: hundreds of anti-logging protesters arrested in Canada | Canada | The Guardian

Police in western Canada have arrested more than 270 people as a conflict over old growth logging in British Columbia’s ancient rainforests continues to grow.

At the protest blockades in the remote woodland, hundreds of activists have been chaining themselves to giant tripods made from the trunks of felled trees, suspending themselves in trees for days or more at a time, and even securing their arms inside devices called “sleeping dragons” cemented into the roadway.

The movement is an attempt to pressure the British Columbia government to halt the cutting of what activists and experts say is the last 3% of ancient trees left standing in the province.

Source: ‘War in the woods’: hundreds of anti-logging protesters arrested in Canada | Canada | The Guardian

Canada discovers 751 unmarked graves at former residential school | Canada | The Guardian

A First Nation in Canada’s Saskatchewan province is treating a now-defunct residential school as a “crime scene” following the discovery of 751 unmarked graves just weeks after a similar discovery in British Columbia prompted a fresh reckoning over the country’s colonial past.

Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess First Nation said that the graves were found on the site of the Marieval Indian residential school, also known as Grayson, after a search with ground-penetrating radar was launched on 2 June.

“This is not a mass grave site. These are unmarked graves,” said Delorme at a press conference on Thursday morning, adding that the discovery has “reopened the pain” that many suffered at the school. “The grave site is there. It is real.”

From the 19th century, more than 150,000 First Nations children were forced to attend state-funded Christian schools as part of a program to assimilate them into Canadian society.

The children were forced to convert to Christianity and not allowed to speak their native languages. Many were beaten and verbally abused, and thousands died from disease, neglect and suicide.

Source: Canada discovers 751 unmarked graves at former residential school | Canada | The Guardian

Un mese di violenti attacchi di minatori d’oro contro le comunità Yanomami senza protezione da parte dello Stato brasiliano! – « Se i cercatori d’oro scavano ovunque, i fiumi della foresta saranno pieni di fango, olio per motori e spazzatura. Lavano la loro polvere d’oro nei ruscelli, mescolandola al mercurio, sporco e pericoloso… »

Barbara Crane Navarro

Uomo Yanomami che punta una freccia – foto: Gullane / Pedro J Marquez

Un conflitto è scoppiato il 27 aprile, quando un gruppo di Yanomami ha intercettato minatori illegali che risalivano il fiume Uraricoera su un motoscafo carico di carburante per i loro aerei, elicotteri e gli escavatori industriali che usano per sradicare alberi e spostare il terreno. Gli Yanomami hanno sequestrato 990 litri di carburante. In seguito, un altro gruppo di cercatori d’oro diretti a Boa Vista ha sparato sugli Yanomami nel tentativo di intimidire la comunità indigena che da anni cerca di impedire ai minatori illegali d’oro di risalire i fiumi del loro territorio.

Il 30 aprile, gli Yanomami hanno contattato le autorità governative per avvisarli di episodi di violenza nella regione di Palimiú. La regione è composta da 1.129 Yanomami in 15 villaggi.

Le forze di sicurezza dello Stato non hanno adottato alcuna misura efficace.

Sito illegale…

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World Rainforest Day 2021 — Educational News

Barbara Crane Navarro

‘Save trees save life’ is a well known proverb for everyone. It is our responsibility to save forests because it would save our life. This types of forests are gets more rainfall and it helps to maintain ecosystem. It is important for the survival of life on the earth. World Rainforest day is celebrated on[…]

World Rainforest Day 2021 — Educational News

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World Rainforest Day …22nd June 2021… — Retired? No one told me!

Barbara Crane Navarro

Rainforests help to keep our climate stable by absorbing Carbon Dioxide and releasing oxygen. The Amazon Rainforest alone provides 20% of our oxygen…We need to raise awareness of the importance of our rainforests because as you all know we need oxygen and without that …I don’t need to spell it out BUT they are[…]

World Rainforest Day …22nd June 2021… — Retired? No one told me!

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Organic Red Lentil Pasta Salad

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? The Chow Down: Organic Red Lentil Pasta Salad! Every once in awhile it’s a good idea to serve up gluten-free meals. This one, in particular, is packed with protein and fiber, plus non-GMO red lentils. You don’t need to have allergic restrictions to appreciate its natural goodness. The texture is firm while providing an amazing taste sensation. Eat it cold or warmed up a bit. You decide. Either way, the health benefits will have you patting yourself on the back for making such a healthy choice.

ORGANIC RED LENTIL PASTA SALAD

Ingredients:

8 ounces organic red lentil pasta

1 cup broccoli florets

1 cup cauliflower florets

1/3 cup red onions, sliced

1 tablespoon pimento, diced

1/3 cup Kalamata olives, pitted

1/4 cup garlic wine vinegar

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tablespoon dry Italian dressing and seasoning mix

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon natural honey

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Ajutaja, Tajland – Ayutthaya, Thailand

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Neprijatelji su napadali sa sjevera, zaštićeni brdima iznad Sukotaja. Bili su brojčano nadmoćniji i dobro naoružani. Kralju U Tonu činilo se da je svaki otpor uzaludan, tako da je jednog dana, 1350. godine, donio bolnu odluku da napusti prijestonicu Sijama, osnovanu manje od sto godina, prije toga. Pitao je svoje vojne planere i mudrace za savjet, na kom bi mjestu trebalo podići novi grad. Prvi ga je posavjetovao da krene na jug, u ravnicu, gdje budući neprijatelj neće moći da stigne, a da ne bude primjećen izdaleka. Drugi je pogledao svete tekstove i posavjetovao ga da potraži mjesto gdje nam, voda koja se nalazi u korijenu simbolizma naroda Taj, ima spiralni tok. S takvim savjetima, kralje je poslao emisare u izvidnicu. Oni su se vratili kada su pronašli staru kmersku naseobinu u središtu složenog riječnog sistema, nastalog djelovanjem rijeka Mae Nam Lopburi, Pasak i Čao Praja. U Ton je…

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