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    Pedro Mura, from the Mura tribe, reacts in front of a deforested area inside the Amazon rainforest - REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

    Through Green Land Grabbing, Farmers in the Amazon Steal from Indians and Trick the Law

    As global demand for food commodities has swelled, so has the practice of “land ...

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    Fabio Teixeira
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    An illustrated portrait of Fernando dos Santos Araújo. Illustration by Gabi Hawkins

    The Fear of Being Killed Is Not Enough to Deter Those Fighting for Justice and Land in the Amazon

    Fernando dos Santos Araújo woke up alongside his love, Bruno Pereira Gomes, on May ...

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    Yessenia Funes
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    Members of the Uru-eu-wau-wau stand at the edge of their territory. Image courtesy of the Uru-eu-wau-wau

    How an Amazon Tribe in Brazil Took Control of Their Own Story and Escaped Covid

    When the Uru-eu-wau-wau were first contacted in 1981, disease and death followed shortly thereafter. ...

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    Alejandro Smith
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    A federal police operation in 2017 targeted environmental crimes in Mato Grosso do Sul. Courtesy of Brazil's Federal Police.

    Land Invasions More than Double in Brazil. Majority of Victims Are Indians

    Land conflicts in Brazil hit 1,576 cases in 2020, the highest number ever recorded ...

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    Juliana Ennes
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    Harvest time at a palm oil plantation in Pará, Brazil. Photo by Miguel Pinheiro/CIFOR.

    They Call Themselves Green, But Palm Oil in the Amazon Means Deforestation and Human Rights Violations

    Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the Turé-Mariquita Indigenous ...

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    Karla Mendes
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    The BR-319 is now passable in the dry season due to a "maintenance" program begun in 2016 - Photo: P.M. Fearnside.

    Here Starts the End of Brazil’s Amazon Forest. It’s Called BR-319 Highway

    The BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) Highway was built in the early 1970s by Brazil’s military ...

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    Philip M. Fearnside
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    A fire in a deforested area in Amazonas state, Brazil. Image by Bruno Kelly/Amazônia Real

    Brazil Determined to Hand Monitoring of Amazon Deforestation and Fire to the Military

    In a recent announcement, Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão defended the creation of a ...

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    Jenny Gonzales
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    Burning the trees to raise cattle in the Brazilian Amazon

    The Price of Fighting Land-grabbing in the Amazon Can Be Your Life

    Maria Marcia Elpidia de Melo hasn’t seen her son Elmiro for more than six ...

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    Peter Yeung
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    Women strip away the outer husk of the babassu palm nut. Image by Peter Caton courtesy of ISPN

    Big Agribusiness Threatens Livelihood of 400.000 Coconut Breakers in Brazil’s Cerrado

    Every September for half a century, Maria Antônia Trindade Mendes has started the babassu ...

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    Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo
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    Ana Luiza Junqueira Vilela Viacava jailed for land grabbing in the Amazon - Federal Police/Publicity

    Vilela: A Brazilian Family Synonymous with Terror in the Amazon

    Every month, a group of wealthy women representing some of Brazil’s most exclusive and ...

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    Sue Branford and Maurício Torres
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