Located in the Pantanal wetlands region of Mato Grosso, at the confluence of the Cuiabá and São Lourenço river basins, the Baía dos Guató Indigenous Land covers 19,000 hectares, most of it in the municipality of Barão do Melgaço, and a smaller part in the neighboring municipality of Poconé. It is home to 202 Guató…
Tauá is a large traditional territory in the state of Tocantins, occupied for over 100 years by peasant families who migrated to the region from the states of Maranhão and Piauí. The territory is located between the Tocantins, Ouro, and Tauá rivers, in the municipality of Barra do Ouro, in the northeast region of the…
Brazil’s Federal Highway BR-319 runs through the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Officially inaugurated in 1976, it was in constant use until 1988. Due to high maintenance costs, considered unprofitable because of its limited traffic, the road was abandoned by the government in the late 1980s. 63 indigenous peoples live along its 885 kilometers, and…
