families gain access to the land. For example, the Chico Mendes Center for Agroecology, founded May 15, 2004 in Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil on land formerly used by the Monsanto Company to grow genetically modified crops, intends to produce organic, native seed to distribute through MST. Various other experiments in reforestation, taming of native species and medicinal uses of plans have been carried out in MST settlements. In 2005, the MST partnered with the federal government of Venezuela, and the state government of Paraná, the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), and the International Via Campesina, an organization that brings together movements involved in the struggle for land from all over the world, to establish the Latin American School of Agroecology. The school, located in an MST agrarian reform project known as the Contestado settlement, signed a protocol of intentions in January during the fifth World Social Forum. See also Abahlali baseMjondolo in South Africa The Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee in India The EZLN in Mexico Fanmi Lavalas in Haiti The Homeless Workers' Movement in Brazil Movement for Justice in el Barrio in the United States of America Narmada Bachao Andolan in India Naxalites in India La Via Campesina Notes References Patel, Raj. "Stuffed & Starved" Portobello Books, London, 2007 Wolford, Wendy. "This Land Is Ours Now: Social Mobilization and the Meanings of Land in Brazil." Duke University Press, Durham, 2010. Wright, Angus, and Wendy Wolford. To Inherit the Earth: The Landless Movement and the Struggle for a New Brazil. Food First Books, Oakland, 2003. Carter, Miguel.The MST and Democracy in Brazil. Working Paper CBS-60-05, Centre for Brazilian Studies, University of Oxford, 2005. Available at . Retrieved November 2, 2014 Ramos, Tarso Luis. Brazil at the Crossroads: Landless Movement Confronts Crisis of the Left. 2005. —, "Agroecology vs. Monsanto in Brazil", Food First News & Views, vol. 27, number 94, fall 2004, 3. Branford, Sue and Rocha, Jan. Cutting the Wire: The story of the landless movement in Brazil. 2002. Latin American Bureau, London. Questoes Agrarias: Julgado Comentados e Paraceres. Editora Metodo, São Paulo, 2002. Land rights movements Housing in Brazil Protests in Brazil Social movements in Brazil Political advocacy groups in Brazil Labor in Brazil Socialism in Brazil Wealth in Brazil Social justice organizations Agricultural policy Far-left politics in Brazil Squatters' movements