A model Indigenous territory in Brazil’s Amazon seeks protection from criminal gangs

Gangs and drug traffickers are increasingly encroaching on Ashaninka land and using the rivers in the Amazon and adjacent ...
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In Brazil’s Cerrado region, Indigenous fire practices reshape wildfire strategy

Xerente Indigenous people, part of a fire brigade formed by women, ignite fires as part of a controlled burn with dry palm leaves during a fire prevention operation along Brazil's environmental ...

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

On a vast island in northern Brazil, an unusual debate about cattle and conservation is taking place. Federal authorities last year ordered the removal of herds from protected Indigenous territory ...
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Fire surge threatens Indigenous livelihoods and isolated peoples in Brazil

In 2025, fires were responsible for a significant spike in forest loss in three territories in Brazil that are home to Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation, according to Global Forest ...
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 ...
The Baltimore Sun

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

FORMOSO DO ARAGUAIA, Brazil (AP) — On a vast island in northern Brazil, an unusual debate about cattle and conservation is taking place. Federal authorities last year ordered the removal of herds from ...