{"id":30522,"date":"2023-04-28T21:45:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T19:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=30522"},"modified":"2026-01-27T04:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:36:01","slug":"lula-demarcates-six-indigenous-territories-in-brazil-the-first-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=30522","title":{"rendered":"Lula demarcates six indigenous territories in Brazil, the first in five years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. . SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT . .<\/p>\n

An article from Isto\u00e9<\/a> (translation by CPNN)<\/p>\n

President Lula signed, this Friday (April 28), decrees demarcating six new territories for indigenous peoples, the first since 2018 and one of them in a vast territory in the Amazon, during a meeting with representatives of indigenous peoples in Bras\u00edlia.<\/p>\n

These new reserves, which guarantee indigenous people the exclusive use of natural resources while preserving their traditional way of life, are considered by scientists as one of the main barriers against deforestation in the Amazon, whose control is one of the government’s priority objectives.<\/p>\n


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\u201cIt is a somewhat lengthy process, it has to go through many hands, but we are going to work hard so that it can demarcate the largest possible number of Indigenous Lands\u201d, said the president.<\/p>\n

Lula made the announcement on the occasion of the closing of the 19th edition of the \u201cTerra Livre\u201d camp, an annual meeting that brought together thousands of indigenous people from all over the country in Bras\u00edlia this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like lifting a weight off our shoulders, like music to our ears,\u201d Claudia Tom\u00e1s, 44, from the Bar\u00e9 ethnic group, whose lands were included in the demarcations, told AFP.<\/p>\n

No new indigenous lands were demarcated during the mandate of Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), who had promised, before coming to power, \u201cnot to give any centimeter\u201d to the original peoples.<\/p>\n

Tehe Patax\u00f3, a 29-year-old girl with her face painted in red and black lines, said she was relieved by the conquest for the native peoples: \u201cIt was four years suffering with militiamen in our Patax\u00f3 territory in the south of Bahia, where indigenous people were murdered\u201d.<\/p>\n

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(Click here for the original Portuguese version<\/a> of this article.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Question for this article<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

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Indigenous peoples, Are they the true guardians of nature?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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During Bolsonaro’s tenure, average annual deforestation increased by 75% compared to the previous decade.<\/p>\n

The last approval had been on April 26, 2018, under the presidency of Michel Temer (2016-2018), referring to the Ba\u00eda do Guat\u00f3 indigenous land, an area of 20,000 hectares in Mato Grosso.<\/p>\n

Two of the six new approved reserves are located in the Amazon, including the largest, called Unieuxi, intended for 249 indigenous Maku and Tukano peoples, on more than 550,000 hectares in the Amazon.<\/p>\n

Two other reserves are located in the northeast of the country, one in the south and the other in the center-west.<\/p>\n

Lula signed the decrees alongside prominent indigenous leaders, such as the iconic chief Raoni Metuktire, who thanked him and placed a traditional headdress of blue and red feathers on the president’s head.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn four years we will do more (for the indigenous peoples) than in the eight years we have already governed the country (2003-2010)\u201d, promised the president.<\/p>\n

\u2013 New territories \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the last census, in 2010, approximately 800,000 indigenous people live in Brazil, the majority in reserves, which occupy 13.75% of the territory.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they say that you occupy 14% of the territory, and you think that’s a lot, you need to know that, before the Portuguese, you occupied 100% of that territory\u201d, completed Lula.<\/p>\n

It is anticipated that new demarcations will be approved soon.<\/p>\n

Last month, the Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, announced that 14 territories (including the six approved this Friday) were ready to be legalized, totaling around 900,000 hectares.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to write a new history, for the good of all humanity, of our planet\u201d, said the minister this Friday, shortly before the signing of the decrees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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