Por Carolina de Freitas Pereira
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)
On June 4, 2022, Bruno Araújo Pereira, 41, and Dom Phillips, 57, went missing from the Itacoaí River in the Vale do Javari region in the extreme west of the Amazon, on the border with Peru. On June 14, 2022, their bodies were found.
By Edson Krenak (Krenak), CS Staff
KOEF Grant Partner Spotlight
The Karão Jaguaribaras Peoples live in the state of Ceará in eastern Brazil, especially in Ybatrytê, Sierra de Baturité, and adjacent areas. They are a community that has been living in under a continuous threat to their territories. The sustainable management of the environment, which includes the practice of agriculture, is fundamental to their way of life.
El Pueblo Indígena Karão Jaguaribaras habita en el estado de Ceará al este de Brasil, especialmente en Ybatrytê o Sierra de Baturité y sus áreas adyacentes. Es un pueblo que se ha caracterizado por vivir en un contexto de movilizaciones y defensa de su territorio. Para ellos la gestión sustentable del medio ambiente que incluye la práctica de la agricultura, es trascendental.
By Edson Naknanuk Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk (Krenak, CS Staff)
According to the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), 8 out of 10 Yanomami children in the northern Amazon rainforest are chronically malnourished. The FIOCRUZ Institute, one of the most respected health and research institutions in Latin America, recently warned that 6 out of 10 Munduruku people in the Amazon have high levels of mercury and malnutrition.
There are many places in the world where Indigenous Peoples do not have access to basic needs and services. In such contexts, even the smallest assistance can make a big difference in the lives of community members. That is the case of Itaparana village in the state of Amazonas in Brazil, during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic when a Keepers of the Earth Fund grant supported Colevtivo Mura’s efforts to build a community house to ensure the basic protection of a safe home for community members during the pandemic.
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk (Krenak, CS Staff)
"We want peace in our territories," shouted Indigenous women marchers in Brazil’s capital city of Brasilia on September 7-11, 2021.
Land Acknowledgement
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