Indigenous, environmental groups warn far-right gains in Brazil's Congress threaten protections

“Brazil emerges from these elections with a Congress that is even more aggressive toward Indigenous rights,” said the ...
Newsday

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

TOCANTINIA, Brazil — Fire began crackling like approaching rain on a recent morning in the Xerente Indigenous Territory in Tocantins in northern Brazil. But the Indigenous residents weren't afraid and ...
Reuters

Indigenous leader Raoni says Brazil's projects threaten Amazon forest

Raoni warns against highways, rail projects and river shipping Leader urges Lula to protect Indigenous lands under law COP30 highlights Indigenous calls for a say in forest management BELEM, Brazil, ...
Reuters

In Brazil, Indigenous experts care for native, stingless bees

Marcio Karai straddles a tree trunk near his home on the outskirts of Brazil’s Sao Paulo, setting a small cube before him. The wooden box will serve as a new hive for a colony of native Mirim ...
National Catholic Reporter

COP30 drew record Indigenous participation — but were their voices heard?

The recently concluded United Nations climate summit held at the edge of the Brazilian Amazon drew heightened attention to the vast rainforest's critical role in regulating global temperatures, and ...
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Indigenous groups demand greater land protection in Brazil protest

Indigenous protesters from across Brazil marched to the capital Brasilia Tuesday to demand the government expedite recognition of their ancestral lands. The protest, featuring tribal members in ...
Mongabay

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Indigenous lands show strong restoration gains

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A recent study comparing different land tenure regimes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest found that Indigenous lands and agrarian-reform settlements have ...
Digital Journal

Brazilian indigenous community threatened in aftermath of dam burst

In her 88 years, Antonia Alves has seen much hardship as a member of Brazil’s indigenous community, whose people have often been driven from their ancestral lands over conflicts with farmers and ...
The Boston Globe

In Brazil’s capital, Indigenous leaders rally as land disputes and mining pressures grow

BRASILIA — Thousands of Indigenous people marched in Brazil’s capital on Tuesday to protest what they say are violations of their land rights by large corporations advancing farming, logging and ...

DJ Alok has helped restore 3 million sq m of native forest in Brazil

Brazilian DJ and music producer Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo, known simply as Alok, has taken his environmental work from the ...
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In Brazil’s Cerrado region, Indigenous fire practices reshape wildfire strategy

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Xerente Indigenous people, part of a fire brigade formed by women, ignite fires as part of a controlled burn with dry palm leaves ...