Sunday, April 15, 2007

Brazil Offers Internet Access to Native Tribes

Brazil's government has signed an agreement with the Forest People's Network to provide an Internet signal by satellite to 150 communities, including many reachable only by riverboat, allowing them to report illegal logging and ranching, request help and coordinate efforts to preserve the forest.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033007T.shtml

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