Loggers open roads in lands of Ka’apor indigenous people and advance over the forest in search of noble species of wood, which cubic meter processed and exported can reach the value of up to 1,300 euros.
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Cinta-Larga indigenous: Blood Diamonds in the Brazilian Amazon
Cinta Larga live a similar situation with the vast majority of farmers in the Amazon. They lack everything. But they live on the largest mine of the world’s diamonds.
Dilma corroborates indigenous lands but does not touch Amazon areas of conflict
The homologated lands are located in the Amazon State. The Munduruku indigenous are still waiting for the recognition of their territory in Para State.
Munduruku people will receive award at COP 21 in Paris
The Munduruku began the self-demarcation process in its territory after years without Indigenous National Foundation (Funai) response.
The rescue of the shipibo world through Intercultural Bilingual Education
Learn about the work that do in Pucallpa Gamaniel Monteluisa, a Shipibo teacher and other teachers of these Amazonian people to maintain their language and traditions through the Intercultural Bilingual Education.
Indigenous peoples want prominence in the Amazon
Representatives of ethnic groups of Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela met in Puerto Inirida, Colombia, to express the need to be included in the management and sustainable management of the Amazon ecosystem.
The right of indigenous peoples to remain in isolation
Director of Survival International argues that contact the voluntarily isolated indigenous could lead to its disappearance from the severe damage to their health.
Publication details new cycle of criminal activity in Terra do Meio, Brazil
Book brings recent diagnosis of timber theft, grabbing and threats to indigenous peoples and traditional communities living in the region.
UN awards the Bolivia Tacana indigenous people by protecting the environment
The indigenous people Tacana, in the Bolivian Amazon is in the list of winners of the Equator Prize 2015, awarded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to initiatives that protect the environment and reduce poverty.
Value of the jungle: As the standing forest can generate revenue
Surui indigenous explain to their “relatives” of the Xingu as REDD+ mechanism carbon credit sales plans can help traditional populations to financially exploit their land without destroying the forest.