TERRITORIES AT RISK
- Grazing lands threaten uncontacted peoples
The opening up of grazing areas on indigenous lands proceeded at a record pace between 2018 and 2021 to meet the demand of meatpacking plants, according to InfoAmazonia. - Invaders are removed from indigenous land
The government has begun removing 1,600 invaders from the Alto Rio Guamá Indigenous Land, in the State of Pará. Farmers and loggers have until the end of the month to leave “peacefully,” reveals Agência Pública. - Old fires good, New fires bad
The controlled burn-offs carried out by Amazonian populations centuries ago resulted in parts of the forest becoming more resistant to drought. However, today’s aggressive fires do not produce the same effects, according to Mongabay.
Community of uncontacted people in the Yanomami Indigenous Land. According to the National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (Funai), this is a group of the Moxihatëtë people. Image taken in February 2023. Photo Leo Botero/Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
CONSERVATION CHALLENGES
- Lula’s environmental rhetoric under attack
Five of the government’s infrastructure projects jeopardize commitments made by the president to conserve the Amazon and fight climate change, according to Nexo Jornal. - Bolsonaro’s strategy to delay demarcations
The National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (Funai) was used by the Bolsonaro administration to delay the demarcations of indigenous lands, reports Agência Pública.
IN DEFENSE OF THE FOREST
- Artificial Intelligence for conservation
A technological platform that can predict which areas have a higher risk of destruction is helping environmentalists to partner with the government to protect the forest, reports The Guardian. - Cattle deal cuts deforestation
The decision of slaughterhouses not to buy cattle raised in deforested areas led to a 15% drop in the destruction of the Amazon by ranching between 2010 and 2018, indicates a study in Amazônia Latitude. - Network nurtures indigenous women filmmakers
A project that exhibits samples of the work of indigenous women filmmakers from all over Brazil aims to attract funding, according to Amazônia Real.
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