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It is not only the precious lands of Amazon Indigenous Peoples that are under threat. Their homes and their lives are in jeopardy whenever they stand up for their communities…
Letter from the Association of Brazil s Indigenous Peoples and Amazon Watch to Anglo American
The Munduruku address mining on Indigenous lands and threats to their people and territory, as Anglo American seeks at least 27 research permits in Munduruku territory
December 22, 2020
In our
Complicity in Destruction III report published in October 2020, the Association of Brazil s Indigenous Peoples (APIB) alongside Amazon Watch, exposed the pressure that large mining companies have exerted on Indigenous lands (TIs), fueled by Bolsonaro s efforts to open Indigenous territories to industrial mining. Among the case studies in the report, we highlight the hundreds of requests filed by Anglo American to prospect for minerals in concessions that overlap Indigenous lands, highlighting recent requests that threaten the territory of the Munduruku people.