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Brazil’s national census shows the nation’s Indigenous population to be 1,693,535 people. The figure marks an 89% jump from the nation’s prior census, in 2010, due to a greater willingness of people to recognize their roots and better survey methods.
Members of the Tembé Indigenous People were shot in Tomé-Açu, in northeast Pará, on Monday (07). Indigenous and quilombola communities claim traditional territories in dispute with the BBF group, a palm oil manufacturer seeking to sell biofuel to aviation companies
Amazon rainforest nation leaders met Tuesday for the first time in 14 years to find common ground on fueling economic development while protecting an ecosystem vital to the battle against climate change
To be adopted by the heads of state of Amazon nations, the document should aim at the sustainable development of the forest, the president added. Solutions are based on knowledge produced in the region.
Indigenous people took to the streets of Belem, in Brazil to protest , as leaders of eight Amazonian countries met on the first day of the Amazon Summit on Tuesday, August 8.