Information Society Watch

March 30, 2007, Peter Muello, The Guardian

This news brief highlights the efforts of the Brazilian government to provide internet connectivity and create telecentres among the Indian tribes which subsist in the Amazon rain forests. The government sought to "strengthen the Forest People's Network, a digital web for monitoring, protection and education'' on environmental issues. The report suggests that such a network will improve government enforcement against illegal mining and logging and would empower the Indian tribes to collaborate with the government to protect the forests.

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