Amazônia-Cerrado MARANHÃO The Boa Esperança (Good Hope) territory is located in the municipality of Formosa da Serra Negra, Maranhão state[1], 481 km from the capital São Luís. It lies in a transition area between the Cerrado and the Legal Amazon, in the southern part of the state, between the municipalities of Alto Mearim and Grajaú.…
Maranhão State AMAZON REGION The Araribóia Indigenous Land encompasses the municipalities of Arame, Buriticupu, Amarante do Maranhão, Bom Jesus das Selvas, and Santa Luzia, located in southern Maranhão state, in the transition area between the Cerrado and the Amazon regions. Totaling 413,288.0472 hectares, the territory was demarcated in 1982 and formally registered in 1990[1]. It…
Maranhão State CERRADO AND AMAZON REGIONS The Jaqueira territory is located in the Cocais region, in the municipality of Timbiras, Maranhão state, and it embraces the communities of Santa Maria, Jaqueira, Arrendamento, Cavalo Morto, Pastorinha, Mororó, and São Tomé. Covering more than 4,300 hectares, the territory is located between the Cerrado and Amazon regions and…
Maranhão State CERRADO AND AMAZON REGIONS The community puts up the fight of a lifetime we will keep on fighting, we will fight until the end. (Gilberto, member of the quilombola community of Cocalinho, Maranhão state) The Cocalinho quilombola community[1] is located in eastern Maranhão State, 500 km from its capital, São Luís, and 44…
