When the Kyoto Protocol comes into force tomorrow, Sister Dorothy Stang will miss the moment. She is the 73-year-old Catholic nun who had been working for more than 30 years on behalf of the landless people of the Amazon rainforest. She was gunned down by hired killers this past weekend. She is just one of hundreds killed in clashes between indigenous people, miners, ranchers and loggers.
President Lula de Silva supports Kyoto — and the protections on forests the treaty encourages. But Sister Dorothy had accused his government of abandoning the peasants to violence and forced servitude. Now Lula is vowing to bring the killers to justice, but what can a leader do when there is big money to be made tearing down the trees?
Guests:
Sister Ellen Debraio, colleague of Sister Dorothy Stang in the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur program in Brazil
Andrew Downie, Brazil Correspondant for “The Christian Science Monitor” ;James Cavallaro, Lecturer and Clinical Director for the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, Chairman of Global Justice
Marcello Furtado, Campaign Director for Greenpeace Brazil