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Is the heart of it as old as you are wonderful rich are you a true paradise leave the forest alone because you will need it there. but the government in brasilia appears unwilling to engage in dialogue protecting the indigenous people and the rain forest is not a priority. the dam nearing completion on the shingle river is one of the biggest in the world yet the belmonte dam complex is just one more of the forest and its inhabitants. gigantic projects including seventy major planned to make braz...

In the natural environment. the territories marked in light green on the back make up ten percent of the area of brazil. the eight hundred thousand square kilometers roughly the area france and germany combined are home to five hundred thousand people. but its not only the indigenous lands on the shingle river that have attracted the attention of the agro industry which is felling more and more forest by the day in the state of missouri grosso which borders on the protected area the rain forest ...

Again. only to you and not give these to this year the river has dried out safely. water levels have gone down tremendously. even just worrisome to see so many sandbanks where there used to be water idea but i have never seen so little water in the river you are the most obvious because at the dinner time. before the dam was there there was always enough water. but after the dam was built the water level dropped and there were no more fish in the might be the fish are being held back by the dam ...

For centuries but for them the forest also has a spiritual significance. the amisom basin with more than a thousand tributaries has driven evolutionary processes in countless species of animals and plants. on the shingle river the lifeline for the humans in the region toppy and his son married someone to have the first witnesses of the changes and still. thank. you thank. you this is the trail of a jaguar. i always tell my son not to go out into the forest alone its much too dangerous because th...

So we must take care of it. i returned to witness the disastrous effect of the first contact between tribal peoples and european settlers decades ago. the settlers brought with them infectious diseases to which the indians had no immunity. such exposure wiped out numerous try. a push began to protect the rain forest people from extinction. activists including the villas boas brothers demarcated the lands of local tribes on the shingle river which became a national park in one nine hundred sixty ...

River means life. the river water is the life that runs through our veins we will be nothing without this river ok we live with this river you know me live from it is sacred to us. no and that applies not only to this trivia train but to the whole river but i. got. the money maintain contact with the outside world but the nearest village is six hours away by boat. the rio to ponchos is nearly two thousand kilometers long. the name under roku mains red ends it implies that when they have to make ...

Of the relocation work was paid for by the construction consortium. the consortium also built more than forty schools for people who live along the river. including this one. further upstream the dams turbines are rinsed out occasionally and this sends a huge flow of water down the river the local residents never know when this is going to happen. what did you say about this once we were out fishing and came back late which everyone thought thered been a break at the dam and thered be a huge flo...

They dont scare away the fish. but the people who run the dam recommend boats that have outboard motors. in the old days we only used wooden boats but they dont get the job done anymore and theyve built a ramp over there so we have to walk a whole kilometer. maybe at the last. i saw and there are rapids above the dam only metal boats can get through them its too dangerous for wooden boats if you dont have a metal rod you cant get to the city theyve built a lot of roads in the area but we live on...

Loop. about sixty kilometers southeast to right to me or a near a big bend in the shingle river we find a home of theres a room the indians there chief is trying to son he doesnt have much power or dignity anymore the only indication that he is a chief is his necklace. it or your shoes back in there used to be a lot of sand bags here and river wrappers and rocky cliffs as if it was thank you

A dark color. the trees and plants were dying everywhere and we have no idea why. i think its because the water doesnt flow anymore it just sits there ive never seen anything like it but i never gave it as a hard look at these the negative. the trees in the water start to decay and this produces methane a greenhouse gas. the name of the tribe your ruler means lords of the river but they are no longer the masters here the river has been conquered by outsiders and chief john the son and the three ...