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Day 3 - Jorge Grando, Brazil
Jorge Grando was a voice for the Iguazu River which is bordered by Brazil and Argentina. He founded an environmental protection group for the river and surrounding environment of Serra do Mar, as well as a celebration called River Day. Grando also tried to alleviate poverty through training local residents in sustainable basket weaving as a means of gaining financial independence without harming the environment. His latest effort was an attempt to create a corridor of protected land between an existing ecovillage and the Serra do Mar.
Jorge and his brother Luis Antonio, and three other friends were shot at his farm in Piraquara on April 22, 2011. Jorge had one five-year old son. This crime is unsolved, but there is speculation that it was carried out by someone who knew Grando because of the nature of his death.
Brazil is the deadliest place for environmental activists, with 448 known killings in the country over the past decade, according to the Global Witness.
Sources:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/25/jorge-grando-killed-dead_n_853179.html
http://rasca.com.br/noticia/
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