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Elevating indigenous women’s leadership in safeguarding territories

The surge of female empowerment within indigenous lands has contributed not only to fostering economic prosperity but also in countering threats to communities, such as illegal mining. On the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, on August 9, Inimá Krenak, a social scientist and the project director at Fundo Casa Socioambiental, shared with Agência Brasil that in both productive and territorial defense projects supported by the organization, women's leadership is a priority."Drawing from our extensive experience, it has become evident that women have emerged as the vanguards of safeguarding their territories while simultaneously driving initiatives centered around economic sustainability and market engagement, always aligned with the protection of their territories. By and large, wome...

Indigenous people demand broad investigation of Dom and Bruno’s murder

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Indigenous people demand broad investigation of Dom and Bruno’s murder

One year after the murder of indigenous activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in Vale do Javari, in the state of Amazonas, the main demands of the indigenous population for a more thorough investigation into the crime and for public policies that guarantee local security still remain on their agenda.Vale do Javari, the second largest indigenous land in Brazil, is located in the municipalities of Atalaia do Norte and Guajará. This amazonian region is home to the world's largest concentration of isolated peoples, encompassing 64 villages with 26 communities and about 6,300 individuals. It faces numerous challenges such as illegal fishing, logging, and drug trafficking.The legal attorney for the Union of Indigenous Peoples of Vale do Javari (Univaja), Eliesio Marubo...

Miners on Yanomami indigenous territory financed by organized crime

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Miners on Yanomami indigenous territory financed by organized crime

Last Sunday (Apr. 30), security agents killed four miners on the Yanomami indigenous territory in the Brazilian state of Roraima. According to the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), one of the deceased miners was a member of a criminal faction with a nationwide presence. This line of investigation has become a focus of the federal government's intelligence efforts in the region, as Ibama head Rodrigo Agostinho revealed in an interview with journalists on Monday night (May 1) in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima."Our intelligence service has found very strong evidence that some mining points are maintained with the support of criminal organizations. This is being investigated," said Agostinho. "As for the operation on Sunday [30], one of the people...

Brazil: Technology makes monitoring indigenous lands more precise

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Brazil: Technology makes monitoring indigenous lands more precise

A territorial monitoring and management system has mapped the agro-extractivist production of the people who live in the Rio Gregório and Kampa do Rio Amônia Indigenous Lands in Acre. Through a cell phone application, the tool also collects demographic data and local biodiversity, and warns about changes in land use.The Territorial Monitoring and Management System was developed in partnership with the non-governmental organization Conservation International (CI-Brazil) and the Yawanawá and Ashaninka peoples. The tool started to be tested in June 2022 and, so far, more than 274.6 thousand hectares of land have already had their protection increased, benefiting directly and indirectly almost 2.5 thousand people.The innovation brought by the technology is a differential to alert the indig...

Experts talk education on Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Experts talk education on Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day

In July last year, a law defined April 19 as Brazil’s Day of the Indigenous Peoples—no longer “Indian Day”—aimed at celebrating their culture and heritage in the country. Approved by Congress, the measure does away with the term “Indian,” considered prejudiced against the original peoples.Still, in the view of Dinamam Tuxá, executive coordinator at the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil—APIB—prejudice is ultimately reinforced by stereotypes that still persist in celebrations and textbooks.“Schools have kids dress up. They try to fit indigenous people into a mold, inside a little box. The indigenous people are the people who live in the forest, walking around in their traditional clothes. This builds a scenario tainted by racism, as these children grow up thinking of indigenou...