Friday, March 30, 2007

Free Internet for Brazil’s indigenous peoples

Indigenous communities in the Amazonian rainforest will get free Internet access according to the Brazilian government. The aim behind the measure is for residents in the Amazon to denounce illegal logging and ranching activities. “It's a way to open communications between indigenous communities...to the rest of society,” said Environmental Minister Maria though local governments will be in charge of providing computers.


Links- FOX News, Reuters UK, BBC News

Image- Conservation International (Members of the Kayapó tribe in Brazil’s Amazon region)

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