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Sam Cowie

In the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous People Deal with a Violent New World

An increase in attacks on Indigenous people has been matched by a rise in deforestation in protected areas.

December 01st, 2017

By Sam Cowie

In the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous People Deal with a Violent New World

With worn single barrel shotguns slung over their shoulders, two Indigenous men tread quietly through the thick Amazon forest of their land, checking for illegal activity. They say that since 2015, their territory – where they live with around 40 other fellow Karipuna in Brazil’s north-western state of Rondônia – has been

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“Given all the political instability in Brazil since last year, those who are looking for accumulating land, in whatever way they can, have found an opportunity to accelerate the process and apparently they feel quite convinced of impunity.”

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There has been a significant increase in the number of indigenous people and environmental activists killed over land disputes in Brazil, as human rights experts warn of a dangerous political mood in the nation. New research shared with Energydesk by Brazilian human rights NGO Comissão Pastoral da Terra

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