In this interview, Ehuana Yaira talks about the indivisible relationship between the Forest and the female body. The Yanomami artist and writer was the first member of her people to give a public talk in Europe, as part of the series “Rainforest is Female,” held at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
In the Xipaya Indigenous Territory, the Iriri River is suffering the effects of climate change, as its waters change color and its fish die. We Indigenous people are living in a time of uncertainty
While the forests of the outside world face a growing risk of desertification, our symbolic forests, the habitat of the mental creatures who populate the individual and collective unconscious, are turning to deserts before our eyes
O assassinato de Ronilson Santos – invasor, posseiro, grileiro, desmatador, agricultor sem terra, ora vítima, ora bandido – mostra a complexidade da luta pela terra na Amazônia e aponta o quanto as instituições públicas ou estão ausentes ou desinformadas ou omissas
The pirarucu is known as the biggest fish in the Amazon, but it is also one of the most adept at adapting to drier conditions. Today, its survival depends on an inspiring management project by riverside communities
Rosimar de Oliveira was raped and strangled to death, allegedly by Yanomami teens, but nobody should forget the brutal context: poverty, exploitation and free drinks provided by the incoming mayor of Barcelos, Amazonas
Drought, heat, and storms caused by global heating and the destruction of Nature have disrupted the half-moon religious traditions in communities in the Lower Amazon region
She overcame slavery in the rubber era, the invasion of large landowners with their armed gunmen, and the neglect of the State and proved her people were not extinct and the Amazon region was the home of her ancestors