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Journalists under threat in Amazon rainforest – report

Brasilia, Brazil Reuters The murder of British reporter Dom Phillips in the Amazon rainforest two years ago was not an isolated crime in a region where violence against journalists has soared in recent years, a report published on Wednesday said. As the world’s interest in the Amazon as a barrier against climate change has grown, […]

Study finds mercury contamination in Brazil’s Yanomami people

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Reuters Indigenous people from nine villages in Brazil’s Yanomami territory were found to be contaminated by mercury, with those living closer to illegal gold mining sites presenting higher levels of contamination, a study released on Thursday found. The study by Brazil’s state-run Fiocruz institute collected hair samples from about 287 Indigenous […]

Brazil Indigenous group’s crisis persists after 308 deaths in 2023, report says

Brasilia, Brazil Reuters The Brazilian Government’s effort to evict illegal gold miners from the Yanomami Indigenous reservation in the northern Amazon has stalled with outsiders increasingly invading the vast territory, Yanomami leaders said on Friday. The Hutukara Yanomami Association released a report on the year since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared a humanitarian […]

Brazil’s Indigenous population double the size previously recorded – census

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Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazil has 1.69 million Indigenous people, almost twice as many as previously acknowledged by the state, according to numbers announced on Monday by the national statistics agency IBGE from the 2022 census. In 2010, the IBGE had counted 896,917 Indigenous people. Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, or Vanda, from the Witoto Indigenous people, […]

Brazil to step up removal of Indigenous land invaders after Yanomami killing

People who were working in illegal mining arrive in boats at Porto do Arame after leaving the Yanomami indigenous land, in Alto Alegre, Roraima state, Brazil, on 12th February, 2023

Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazil will increase efforts to remove the remainder of wildcat miners from indigenous lands following a shooting attack by invaders that killed a Yanomami Indigenous person and left two others seriously injured, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said on Sunday. An inter-ministerial delegation is en route to Roraima state to “further reinforce […]

Brazil’s largest Indigenous reservation overrun by illegal gold mining, says report

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Brasilia Reuters An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil’s largest Indigenous reservation has brought disease, violence and grave human rights violations on the Yanomami people, according to research and allegations included in a new report on Monday, blaming high gold prices and tacit government support. The report by the Hutukara Yanomami Association found a 46 […]