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 the removal of herds from protected Indigenous territory, arguing they ...
Reuters

In the Amazon, an Indigenous trek marks territory where Brazil is absent

ITAITUBA, Brazil, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Fifty Munduruku warriors hack their way with machetes through the undergrowth of the Amazon rainforest, marking the borders of their ancestral lands to finish a ...
Mongabay

‘We can’t talk solutions without understanding complexities: Kari Guajajara on Brazil’s Amazon

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay interviewed Kari Guajajara, a lawyer and the first Indigenous person to obtain a law degree in Brazil’s state of Maranhão, to hear her ...
Los Angeles Times

Railway project in the Amazon raises questions over Brazil’s efforts to stop deforestation

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Brazil is pushing to build a 621-mile railway through the Amazon even as it hosts the U.N. climate summit and ...
Mongabay

Brazil has protected much of the Amazon. It now has to pay for it.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Brazil has built one of the world’s most important protected-area systems, but a new study finds that most federal protected areas remain ...

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 ...