Indigenous leaders from all 5 Brazilian regions voice climate concerns
Long periods of drought or heavy rainfall are taking indigenous leaders across all five Brazilian regions by surprise. Climate change is having an impact on production in the countryside and affecting the quality of life of entire communities, chiefs at the Terra Livre Camp in Brasília during Indigenous April say.Interviewed by Agência Brasil, five chiefs from different parts of Brazil deplored the destruction and pollution of natural resources as well as the pressure from non-indigenous people against their preserved sites.The SoutheastChief Baiara Pataxó, 64, who lives in a community in the town of Açucena, Minas Gerais, says that the manioc, corn, and bean plantations have stopped yielding as much as they used to over the last decade. The produce is sold to traders in nearby areas...