A conflict over cattle in Brazil’s Amazon highlights tensions for Indigenous peoples

In northern Brazil, a debate over cattle and conservation is unfolding on Bananal Island. Federal authorities have ordered ...
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Brazil’s Indigenous Akroá Gamella reclaim and restore their land, one patch at a time

After decades of invasions, pollution and state neglect, the Akroá Gamella Indigenous people have reclaimed part of their ancestral land in the Taquaritiua Indigenous Territory, in Brazil’s Maranhão ...
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Brazilian police arrest Indigenous chief accused of logging endangered trees

Brazil’s Federal Police have arrested the Indigenous chief of the Mangueirinha Indigenous area in southern Paraná state. They accused José Carlos Gabriel, the chief of the territory comprising eight ...
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Greenpeace accuses Brazil's JBS of buying cattle illegally raised in indigenous lands

SAO PAULO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - JBS, the world's largest meat company, has indirectly bought cattle raised illegally on indigenous land in Brazil, according to a Greenpeace investigation released on ...

In Brazil’s Cerrado region, Indigenous fire practices reshape wildfire strategy

Brazilian environmental officials have followed a zero-fire strategy for land management in the Cerrado savanna in central and northern Brazil ...