Minas Gerais CERRADO From August to October 2021, in the municipality of Bonito, northern Minas Gerais state, a large fire raged through the Cochá Gibão State Environmental Preservation Area (APA), victimizing communities known as veredeiras, particularly the communities of Japão and Veredinha. These centuries-old communities have occupied the region for generations, preserving its veredas and…
Mato grosso Cerrado But we don’t live to make money. So the Xavante people need to preserve the Cerrado, right?Tserebdzaiwe Morodzawe[1] The people Xavante call themselves in their mother tongue A’uwe, meaning people, or A’uwe Uptabi, meaning real people. They live nowadays in the region of the Serra do Roncador, in eastern Mato Grosso state,…
Cerrado-Amazônia TOCANTINS The Krahô-Kanela people are made up of about 160 indigenous persons whose territory has not yet been fully recognized[1]. Part of the group lives in the Lankraré and Catàmjê village, located between the Formoso and Javaés rivers, in the municipality of Lagoa da Confusão, Tocantins state. In addition to living in a limited…
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.…
Bahia State CERRADO AND CAATINGA REGIONS The communities of Gerais and Ressaca, located in the municipality of Piatã, in the region of Chapada Diamantina, state of Bahia, have been enduring intense conflict with the company Hayashi Batatas, a local agribusiness enterprise. Gerais is a small region in Piatã that lends its name to the traditional…
In September 2020, a huge fire raged for days in an area known as Mata do Mamão, located in the interior of Bananal Island, in the state of Tocantins. With an area of about 19,000 km², Bananal Island is considered the largest inland river island in the world. It is located between two large rivers…
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…
The territory of the Barra da Aroeira Quilombola Community is located in the municipalities of Santa Tereza, Lagoa do Tocantins and Novo Acordo, approximately 100 km from Palmas, capital of the state of Tocantins. The community is made up of 120 families, some of whom are large, each with their own plots, where they grow…
