An international team of researchers has discovered a new species of titi monkey living in the forests of Brazil Parecis titis (Plecturocebus parecis) in the forest reserve of the UHE Rondon II hydroelectric plant Titi monkeys are one of the most diverse Neotropical primate groups Titi monkeys live in small family groups consisting of a monogamous pair and their offspring and prefer dense forests near water and easily jump from branch to branch The Parecis titi (Plecturocebus parecis) in the forest reserve of the UHE Rondon II hydroelectric plant The newfound species belongs to the genus Plecturocebus Almério Câmara Gusmão of the Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso and the Instituto de Educação Profissional and colleagues and was named the Parecis titi (Plecturocebus parecis) “It can be distinguished from all other species of this genus by its grayish agouti pelage,” the scientists said “The limbs are grayish agouti on the outer surface An artist’s impression of the Parecis titi (Plecturocebus parecis) The Parecis titi occurs in several localities in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Rondônia “Most of the recorded localities coincide with areas of higher elevation in the transition zone between the Amazon forest and the Cerrado savanna in southern Rondônia and western Mato Grosso including part of the Chapada dos Parecis (Parecis Plateau) and extending into the Aripuanã/Juruena and Aripuanã/Roosevelt interfluves,” the researchers said “The one exception is the record from Juruena National Park “The range of the new species is in the area of the Amazon’s Arc of Deforestation where enormous tracts of forest are being destroyed for timber colonization and industrial agriculture,” they noted “Based on the categories and criteria of the IUCN Red List this new titi should be considered Near Threatened.” Dr. Gusmão and co-authors published a paper describing the new species in the 2019 issue of the journal Primate Conservation Investigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in Brazil More than 800m trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just six years to feed the world’s appetite for Brazilian beef despite dire warnings about the forest’s importance in fighting the climate crisis A data-driven investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) Repórter Brasil and Forbidden Stories shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming The beef industry in Brazil has consistently pledged to avoid farms linked to deforestation the data suggests that 1.7m hectares (4.2m acres) of the Amazon was destroyed near meat plants exporting beef around the world The investigation is part of Forbidden Stories’ Bruno and Dom project. It continues the work of Bruno Pereira, an Indigenous peoples expert, and Dom Phillips, a journalist who was a longtime contributor to the Guardian. The two men were killed in the Amazon last year Deforestation across Brazil soared between 2019 and 2022 under the then president with cattle ranching being the number one cause The new administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has promised to curb the destruction Burning forest in Lábrea Photograph: Christian Braga/GreenpeaceResearchers at the AidEnvironment consultancy used satellite imagery livestock movement records and other data to calculate estimated forest loss over six years between 2017 and 2022 on thousands of ranches near more than 20 slaughterhouses All the meat plants were owned by Brazil’s big three beef operators and exporters – JBS To find the farms that were most likely to have supplied each slaughterhouse the researchers looked at “buying zones”; areas based on transport connections and other factors including verification using interviews with plant representatives the world’s biggest buyer of Brazilian beef The research focused on slaughterhouses in the states of Mato Grosso important frontiers of deforestation associated with ranching It is likely the overall figure for deforestation on farms supplying JBS because they run other plants elsewhere in the Amazon All three companies say they operate strict compliance procedures to ensure they are meeting their sustainable goals Nestlé and the German meat company Tönnies were among those to have apparently bought meat from the plants featured in the study Dozens of wholesale buyers in various EU countries some of which supply the catering businesses that serve schools and hospitals Nestlé said two of the meatpackers were not currently part of its supply chain and added: “We may scrutinise business relationships with our suppliers who are unwilling or unable to address gaps in compliance with our standards.” Tönnies said: “These Brazilian companies process many thousands of animals per year for export,” and claimed it was unclear whether the company was the recipient of products from plants linked to deforestation Lidl and Aldi said they stopped selling Brazilian beef in 2021 and 2022 respectively a Brazilian Indigenous expert and Dom Phillips a British journalist and longtime Guardian contributor, were killed on the Amazon’s Itaquaí River last June while returning from a reporting trip to the remote Javari Valley region and cast a spotlight on the growing threat to the Amazon posed by extractive industries the Guardian has joined 15 other international news organisations in a collaborative investigation into organised crime and resource extraction in the Brazilian Amazon The initiative has been coordinated by Forbidden Stories the Paris-based non-profit whose mission is to continue the work of reporters who are threatened The goal of the project is to honour and pursue the work of Bruno and Dom to foreground the importance of the Amazon and its people and to suggest possible ways to save the Amazon was a former employee of the Indigenous agency Funai where he led efforts to protect the isolated and uncontacted tribes who live in the Brazilian Amazon After being sidelined from his post soon after the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro came to power Pereira went to work with the Javari Valley Indigenous association Univaja helping create Indigenous patrol teams to stop illegal poachers miners and loggers invading their protected lands was a longtime contributor to the Guardian who hadlived in Brazil for 15 years A former editor of the dance magazine Mixmag he developed a deep interest in environmental issues the beef industry and the destruction of the Amazon rainforest His reporting brought him into contact with Pereira and in 2018 the pair took part in a 17-day expedition deep into the Javari Valley In 2021 he took a year off to start writing a book His return to the Javari was to have been the last reporting trip for the project Sitting on Brazil’s border with Peru and Colombia the Javari ValleyIndigenous Reservation is a Portugal-sized swathe of rainforest andrivers which is home to about 6,000 Indigenous people from the Kanamari as well as 16 isolated groups.It is also a hotspot for poachers fishers and illegal loggers,prompting violent conflicts between the Indigenous inhabitants and theriverside communities which fiercely opposed the reservation’screation in 2001 Its strategic location makes it a key route for smuggling cocaine between Peru Pereira and Phillips travelled up the Itaquaí River from the town of Atalaia do Norte to report on efforts to stop illegal fishing members of the Indigenous patrol team with whom Pereira and Phillips were travelling were threatened by an illegal fisher the pair set out on the return leg before dawn hoping to safely pass a river community that was home to several known poachers. and after a search by teams of local Indigenous activists Three fishers are being held in high-security prisons awaiting trial for the killings: brothers Amarildo and Oseney da Costa de Oliveira and a third man Federal police have alleged that a fourth man Thank you for your feedback.Some of the meat shipped to the EU could breach new laws designed to combat deforestation in supply chains Regulations adopted in April mean products brought into the EU cannot be linked to any deforestation that happened after December 2020 a senior director at the Mighty Earth advocacy organisation said: “The Amazon is very close to a tipping point So these types of figures are very alarming because the Amazon can’t afford to be losing this number of trees … this has planetary implications.” The MEP Delara Burkhardt said the findings reinforced the need for greater legislation globally to tackle deforestation: “The destruction of the Amazon is not only a Brazilian affair It is also an affair of other parts of the world That is why the consumer countries should enact supply chain laws to make sure that the meat they import is produced without inducing deforestation I hope that the new EU law against imported deforestation will be a blueprint for other major importers like China to follow.” A farm in Marabá Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesAidenvironment found that 13 meat plants owned by JBS were linked to ranches where there had been forest clearance For Marfrig and Minerva there were six and three plants respectively. According to a separate Guardian analysis for the Bruno and Dom project the Amazon slaughterhouses belonging to these companies processed cattle worth more than $5bn (£4bn) while still in Brazil in 2022: more value will be added further along the complex supply chain and by an overwhelming margin the economic value of this industry is being realised outside Brazil on dinner plates at restaurants in Beijing and New York They have repeatedly been criticised for deforestation in their supply chains over the last decade Other companies are also known to source cattle from the same buying zones In cases where the full beef supply chain could be mapped the study estimated that since 2017 there had been more than 100 instances of forest loss on farms that directly supplied company plants Free weekly newsletterThe planet's most important stories Get all the week's environment news - the good More than 2,000 hectares of forest were apparently destroyed on a single ranch between 2018 and 2021 – São Pedro do Guaporé farm Mato Grosso state – which sold nearly 500 cattle to JBS though the copany said the farm was ‘blocked’ when its due diligences identified irregularities with them The JBS meat plant that processed these cattle sold beef to the UK and elsewhere in recent years A farm in Pontes e Lacerda Photograph: Carolina ArantesThe farm was also connected to the indirect supply of more than 18,000 animals across the three meat packers between 2018 and 2019 according to Aidenvironment All three companies said they were not currently being supplied by the ranch More than 250 cases of deforestation were attributable to indirect suppliers – farms that rear or fatten cattle but send them to other ranches before slaughter (Some farms act as both direct and indirect suppliers.) Meat companies have long said that monitoring the movements between ranches in their complex supply chains is too difficult Critics say this allows for “cattle laundering” where animals from a “dirty” deforesting ranch are trucked to a supposedly “clean” farm before slaughter A clean farm is one with no history of fines or sanctions for deforestation even if its owner has carried out deforestation on other ranches TBIJ and Repórter Brasil worked with Dom Phillips and the Guardian to report on an example of cattle laundering in 2020 the team appeared to show that cows from a farm under sanctions for illegal deforestation had been moved in JBS trucks to a second JBS stopped buying from the owner of both farms our investigation has found that the owner now supplies Marfrig another of Brazil’s big three meat packers is still under sanctions but remains part of the international beef supply chain Records appear to show that between 2021 and 2022 nearly 500 animals were moved along the exact route that TBIJ investigated in 2020 The cattle ended up at the same “clean” second farm which has no embargos or other environmental sanctions Separate documents appear to show dozens of animals moving from Estrela do Sangue farm to Marfrig’s meat plant in Tangará da Serra Last year, another TBIJ investigation linked the Tangará da Serra plant to the invasion of the Menku Indigenous territory in Brasnorte the plant has sold more than £1bn worth of beef products since 2014 to China Workers in a Marfrig slaughterhouse Photograph: Ricardo Funari/Lineair/GreenpeaceIn a statement Marfrig confirmed it had received cattle from the owner Marfrig checks the status of the cattle-supplying properties the farm in question was compliant with Marfrig’s socio-environmental criteria meaning the property was not located in an area with deforestation nor in a conservation unit or on Indigenous lands.” It added: “Marfrig condemns the practice referred to as ‘cattle laundering’ and any other irregularities All suppliers approved by the company are regularly checked and must comply with the mandatory socio-environmental criteria described in the company’s current policy.” Minerva said it “tracks the condition of the ranches ensuring that cattle purchased by Minerva Foods do not originate from properties with illegally deforested areas; possess environmental embargos or are overlapping with Indigenous lands and/or traditional communities and conservation units.” JBS queried the “buying zones” methodology used in the research saying it states “the estimate determines the potential maximum purchase zone and not necessarily the effective purchase zone.” It also said that it blocked the São Pedro do Guaporé farm “as soon as any irregularity was identified” InfoAmazonia Casino Group still sells beef from an Amazonian Indigenous land A new investigation shows that farms located in the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon supplied two JBS meatpacking plants that sell beef to brands of the French supermarket giant “We were walking along the road and all of a sudden some people started coming out of the bush and appearing in cars and motorcycles They surrounded us and said we were on private property and they knew it.” That is how Indigenous peoples’ rights advocate Ivaneide Bandeira described the moments of tension she faced together with some Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau on Mother’s Day “This is not going to be as easy as you think, make no mistake about it,” said one of the men who surrounded Neidinha, as the environmentalist and founder of the Kanindé Ethno-Environmental Association is known. She filmed the encounter The confrontation took place in an area of Rondônia’s Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Land known as Burareiro — a Brazilian Amazon region where encroachers have cattle ranches that supply large meatpacking companies and supermarket chains In March 2021, a lawsuit was filed in France against French group Casino Guichard-Perrachon which controls supermarket chains Pão de Açúcar for selling meat from suppliers directly linked to illegal deforestation in the Amazon including farms located in the Burareiro area The case falls under the 2017 so-called Vigilance Law according to which large corporations based in Brazil must ensure that “both their subsidiaries and their subcontracted companies” do not cause “severe violations of human rights and fundamental liberties or harms to people’s health and safety While Casino claimed in the French court that it has a strict system of control over its supply chain its stores in Brazil keep selling meat from cattle raised in protected areas That is described in a new investigation by the InfoAmazonia Geojournalism Laboratory conducted in partnership with the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA) They examined more than 500,000 records of cattle transportation in the area of influence of two JBS meatpacking plants that supply meat to Casino Data from documents known as Animal Transit Registrations (GTAs) indicate that JBS’ slaughter plants in Pimenta Bueno (registered at the Federal Inspection Service/SIF under number 2880) and Vilhena (SIF 4333) received animals from the Indigenous land and other protected areas after March 2021 when Indigenous peoples from Brazil and Colombia Using data from suppliers who delivered cattle directly to these two meatpackers InfoAmazonia and CCCA examined the supply chain backward and found producers operating within the Indigenous land animals were not transferred directly from farms located in the Indigenous land to JBS after they transited through different farms and arrived at meatpacking plants it was no longer possible to tell the difference between those that came from the Indigenous land and others This maneuver is known as cattle laundering and aims to hide any potentially illegal origin of the animals One of the suppliers who would have resorted to that practice is Orlando Alves Trindade whose Coimbra farm covers more than 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) of land overlapping the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Land (UEWW IL) Trindade transferred cattle from the Coimbra farm to another of its properties outside the Indigenous Land — the Aryane farm — which supplied the JBS meatpacking plant in Vilhena According to information obtained by the investigation on May 15, 2021, two months after the lawsuit was filed against Casino in France, JBS’ Vilhena unit received 54 animals from the Aryane farm. The traceability section on the company’s website where the origin of products can be consulted says that animals coming from that farm were slaughtered June 4 But what the data provided by JBS do not show is that the Aryane farm had received 90 head of cattle from the Coimbra farm JBS stated that it “cannot monitor the other links of its supply chain” and therefore cannot guarantee control over the entire supply chain since its origin In 2021, a report by Brazil’s National Council of Justice (CNJ) mentioned the need for conducting inspections at the Coimbra farm and proposed the installation of barriers in the area to prevent land invasions The farm is just 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) from the Jamari Indigenous village The CNJ also recommended canceling all registrations of rural properties within the Indigenous Land as a way of curbing exploitation in these areas There is no information about inspections being conducted on that farm. However, in 2022, Rondônia’s Legislative Assembly declared Trindade an honorary citizen “for his services to the state.” the Coimbra farm provided 179 head of cattle to several farms that supply JBS according to transport registration data (GTAs) The areas within the Indigenous land were purchased by Trindade between 2001 and 2002 more than two decades after the government demarcated the territory The Dois Irmãos farm transferred more than 100 animals to properties that traded cattle with JBS’ slaughter unit in Pimenta Bueno Both farms have had their Rural Environmental Registrations (CAR) canceled by court decisions since 2017 but the occupants were never removed from the area — on the contrary these properties continue their livestock activity within the Indigenous land vaccinating the animals and moving them around in different properties to bypass the supply chain’s monitoring systems Similarly to the Coimbra and Dois Irmãos farms our investigation found that at least 15 farms overlapping the Indigenous land sold cattle to Casino’s suppliers in Rondônia after March 2021 46 properties were identified within the Indigenous land which would have managed 8,000 head of cattle State and federal health agencies have the same data analyzed by InfoAmazonia and CCCA. However, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock considers it sanitary and public health information strategic for trade agreements and therefore is not willing to share data from GTAs with environmental agencies the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) said it plans to integrate information from GTAs with other public databases to increase control over deforestation in the Amazon The investigation also found that the supply chains of Pão de Açúcar Assaí and Extra supermarkets received cattle that could have come from the Sete de Setembro and Igarapé Lage Indigenous lands and several conservation units including the Jaci-Paraná Extractive Reserve the Rio Preto-Jacundá Extractive Forest and the Guajará-Mirim State Park The approximately 15,000 ha (37,000 acres) of the Indigenous land that became the epicenter of the conflict between ranchers and Indigenous people — and where most invasions of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau territory start — originate from the territorial expansion project created by the military dictatorship for the Amazon which settled 115 families in the Indigenous territory in the 1970s The Brazilian state’s historical failure to solve the situation has resulted in more occupation of that area by encroachers who have joined new deforestation fronts in recent years And most of that devastation was concentrated in the Burareiro area Cattle farms are able to operate because properties overlapping Indigenous lands can be registered on the Rural Environmental Registration (CAR) which is self-declaratory and aims to gather environmental information on rural properties and possessions While registrations must be validated for effective environmental control it is possible to raise cattle with the number alone “The CAR has become some sort of parallel notary office, which is supposed to certify compliance with environmental legislation without verifying it,” said environmentalist and Indigenous peoples expert Márcio Santilli in an interview with InfoAmazonia Santilli is a former president of the Brazilian Indigenous affairs agency Funai (1995-96) and the founder of Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of Indigenous and traditional peoples He said the mechanism has been systematically sabotaged by lawmakers connected to landowners who have been postponing the deadlines for its full implementation The investigation found 563 environmental registrations of land located in that Indigenous territory since 2012 the Federal Prosecution Service filed a public civil lawsuit demanding the suspension of animal transit registrations (GTA) related to CARs considered illegal because cattle were being raised within Indigenous land but the decision was overturned in March by Federal Judge Diogo Negrisoli Oliveira who again authorized the issuance of permits to transport cattle between properties located in the rural settlement of INCRA pointing out that “there is a difference between those who have titles issued by INCRA since 1980 and those who are really invaders with no title at all.” In 2021, the Supreme Court (STF) had already ordered the eviction of invaders from Indigenous lands in a ruling that listed seven critical territories Justice Luís Roberto Barroso — the rapporteur of the case — issued a new order to investigate and punish those responsible for noncompliance with court orders The CAR has become some sort of parallel notary office which is supposed to certify compliance with environmental legislation without verifying it In his decision Justice Barroso pointed out that the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro presented “non-credible” information about Indigenous lands and claimed that the government faced budget difficulties in complying with the decision He set a new 60-day deadline for the federal government to present a complete plan for removing invaders from the seven territories mentioned in the lawsuit On June 7, the Ministry of Justice issued an ordinance authorizing the National Force to provide Funai with support to evict non-Indigenous people from the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Territory the IL is also the target of land-grabbing and illegal logging So far there is no information available about the actions authorized by the courts or if the eviction teams will act in the Burareiro area Burareiro is the name given in 1975 to the first Targeted Settlement Project of INCRA in what was then called the Federal Territory of Rondônia the military government settled 1,500 families that would plant cocoa — the term burareiro refers to the rustic buildings used to process the fruit The final demarcation of the Indigenous land was a long process full of conflicts over road opening when then-President Fernando Collor (1990-92) officially confirmed 1.8 million ha (4.4 million acres) for the exclusive use of Indigenous peoples The 115 land titles of the Burareiro rural settlement project should have been canceled as determined by the Brazilian Constitution (1988) which states that “acts with a view to occupation domain and possession” of Indigenous lands or those authorizing “exploitation of the natural riches of the land rivers and lakes existing therein are null and void.” The Burareiro area includes Indigenous cemeteries and sites that are sacred to people who lived there historically but who are no longer able to reach that part of the territory because of fear “Indigenous people have been avoiding going out alone for fear of attacks and they avoid that Burareiro area,” said Neidinha da Kanindé Indigenous people have been avoiding going out alone for fear of attacks anthropologists Betty Mindlin and Mauro Leonel pointed out that forced contact with the then-new occupants brought from other parts of the country generated conflicts and significant reduction in the Indigenous population: “The least-affected populations were reduced by half,” they warned In addition to the Jupaú — also known as Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau — the Amondawa Oro Win and isolated Indigenous peoples of at least two groups live there In April 2023, INCRA, Funai and the newly created Ministry of Indigenous Peoples met to address the conflict INCRA’s director of land governance João Pedro Gonçalves pledged to seek a solution to remove “18,000 head of cattle belonging to people who claim to own public land who claim to own Indigenous land.” Gonçalves who represented INCRA’s president at the meeting said the conflict is the result of a historic mistake that “cannot be left under the rug.” “INCRA will hold working meetings to enter the area and solve this issue, this mistake, because that was already Indigenous land,” Gonçalves said before members of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous people In a note sent to InfoAmazonia, INCRA’s superintendent in Rondônia Luiz Flávio Carvalho Ribeiro took another approach to the conflict and said the agency would await a court ruling to “act accordingly” (read the full note) The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples reported that INCRA had undertaken to present a survey of the occupation of that indigenous land by June 19 but the meeting to address the matter was canceled According to anthropologist Tiago Moreira from ISA illegal occupation of Indigenous land increased in that area because control has been loosened in recent years “This invasion and the permanence of the invaders in the Indigenous land also sends a message to others planning to invade the territories and calls into question the limits of Indigenous peoples’ areas in the Amazon,” Moreira said This invasion and the permanence of the invaders in the Indigenous land also sends a message to others planning to invade the territories and calls into question the limits of Indigenous peoples’ areas in the Amazon The lawsuit filed by Indigenous peoples against the Casino group is the first case of a supermarket chain taken to court in France under the Vigilance Law for deforestation and violations of human rights in the Amazon In June 2022, Indigenous organizations in Brazil and Colombia refused mediation — when an honest broker facilitates an amicable solution between the parties — as they consider that the lawsuit is in the public interest and cannot be resolved in closed-door negotiations “The leaders didn’t accept mediation because they understand that this is not just a financial matter; it’s about the very existence of the communities and the forest And that corporations must understand that their supply chains directly affect the lives and rights of the Indigenous peoples who live there,” pointed out Indigenous lawyer Cristiane Soares from the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations in the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB) The leaders didn’t accept mediation because they understand that this is not just a financial matter; it’s about the very existence of the communities and the forest And that corporations must understand that their supply chains directly affect the lives and rights of the Indigenous peoples who live there According to a CCCA survey that supported the 2021 lawsuit 25,482 animals were illegally managed at the UEWW IL in 13,411 ha (33,139 acres) of deforested area An economic report prepared by the Conservation Strategy Fund at the request of the CCCA estimated that the French group’s supply chain caused material damages of 54.3 million euros (about $60 million according to current exchange rates) to the Jupaú Oro Win and uncontacted Indigenous peoples the intangible damages — which include demographic loss reduced ecosystem services and risks and extinction of entire groups — may be even worse “the slow pace of proceedings in French courts has somehow contributed to increase violations in Indigenous lands.” She pointed out that “so far there has been no effective action to change the situation.” The case is now awaiting an evidentiary hearing In Brazil, lawmakers introduced Bill 572/22 which creates the National Framework Law on Human Rights and Business a conduct adjustment commitment (known as TAC) was signed with large meatpacking companies in 2009 precisely as an alternative to legal action as long as the companies commit to not buying products coming from deforested or protected territories meatpackers have not adopted transparent and reliable supply chain monitoring so far the tools available on JBS’ website for tracking the origin of its products only allow identifying direct suppliers and do not disclose the original source of the animals and the farms they passed through According to the lawsuit underway at the First Federal Regional Court INCRA would have removed some families from the Indigenous land in 1991 and resettled them elsewhere but the farmers received help from influential local politicians to return to the area In 2017, politicians from Rondônia participated in a meeting on the Indigenous land where they promised to regularize the area for rural producers One of the participants was current Federal Deputy Lucas Follador (PSC-RO) who represented his father — then-State Deputy Adelino Follador State government officials and representatives of environmental agencies also attended the meeting which took place at an abandoned FUNAI base During the anti-Indigenous administrations of Bolsonaro (2019-22) and Rondônia Governor Marcos Rocha (União Brasil party) — who is still in office — invaders kept their hopes of regularizing the area “Local politicians in Rondônia have a well-articulate discourse against Indigenous peoples and conservation units we have seen roads appearing in this part of the Indigenous land very close to two villages of the Jupaú peoples which also poses risks to all Indigenous peoples who use that land including uncontacted ones,” said anthropologist Tiago Moreira After several attempts to remove the occupants of the Indigenous land only in 2004 did Funai file a lawsuit demanding repossession since it failed to point out the occupants that would have their land expropriated and the case has awaited a decision from the First Federal Court since 2019 Since the government did not protect the territory and invasions have increased in recent years, the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau decided to surveil the land themselves by creating a group of people — the Guardians — that took turns protecting the territory. In several operations, the Indigenous people expelled invaders and handed evidence over to the authorities who was a member of the Guardians surveillance group While the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau linked the case to invasions of the territory the Federal Police ruled out a connection between that crime and Indigenous resistance and the case was sent to a state court to be judged as homicide for “futile motives.” Ari was a teacher, and his death continues to reverberate in Rondônia and elsewhere. In 2021, Txai Suruí denounced the killing of her personal friend at the opening of the COP26 U.N artist Mundano painted a 618-square-meter (6,652-square-foot) panel in the center of São Paulo which was dedicated on the city’s anniversary the Casino Group informed in a note that its suppliers are required to detail the supply route and that “it directly rechecks all farms based on batches in order to verify their socio-environmental compliance.” However, the group said it would be up to meatpackers to monitor indirect suppliers in line with their Socio and Environmental Beef Purchasing Policy supplier meatpackers must set identification and monitoring targets for their entire supply chains so as to enforce the same socio-environmental criteria applicable to direct supplier farms it points out that monitoring and full traceability policies must be in effect by 2025 at the latest which is responsible for Casino’s operations in Brazil] is involved in actions and working groups monitoring these farms.” We sent a list of farms located in the Indigenous land and included in the Casino group’s supply chain and informed that some properties had transferred animals indirectly to meatpackers the company stated that none of the farms mentioned were in their “bases.” Regarding the progress of the case in French Justice the group also informed that it still favors the mediation proposed by the judge and rejected by the Indigenous people “It is worth noting that the judge proposed and continues to propose a process of mediation between the parties, which the plaintiffs declined, while Casino remains in favor of such a mediation procedure” (read Casino’s full note) JBS reported that the Aryane farm — which received cattle from the Indigenous land — was blocked from the list of suppliers We sent information from the GTAs and georeferenced data on the farms found in the group’s supply chain But the company stated that it “cannot monitor the other links in its supply chain” and therefore is not able to know the origin of the cattle coming from indirect suppliers including animals from Indigenous lands and other protected areas in the Amazon “The Aryane Farm is blocked. As for the other properties that directly supply JBS, they all complied with the Federal Prosecution Service’s Cattle Suppliers Protocol (Boi na Linha) at the time of their sales to the company is important for understanding which cases of overlap require the producer to be blocked the company stresses that it cannot monitor the other links in its supply chain since Animal Transit Registrations are protected by secrecy under Brazilian law So much so that it had to request the producers’ data from the reporter so that JBS could understand the case Precisely to overcome this challenge to the industry JBS implemented a tool based on blockchain technology only producers registered on that tool will be able do business with the company.” Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" With pressure on their native land and traditional foods and a high rate of chronic disease have left the Xavante people of Brazil’s Cerrado savanna vulnerable to the pandemic Exclusive survey reveals a much greater impact than estimated by agribusinesses Ministry of Indigenous Peoples shows concern and demands consultation but Lula’s minister of transport is optimistic about project launched by Bolsonaro A French court received new complaints in a groundbreaking lawsuit that investigates Casino Group for selling meat from indigenous lands Organizations have traced herds from the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous land in Brazil and calculated compensation for social By visiting this site, you agree to the use of cookies, which are designed to improve your experience and are used for the purpose of analytics and personalization. To find out more, please read our Cookies policy Eos Indigenous Peoples used ancestral knowledge to relate to the environment long before Europeans started colonizing South America environmental scientists are looking more and more at the intersection of Western and Traditional Knowledge for conservation across the Amazon and beyond “Local peoples know a lot about ecosystem dynamics and are attentive to details that we as [outside] researchers might overlook at times.” Get the most fascinating science news stories of the week in your inbox every Friday “Local peoples know a lot about ecosystem dynamics and are attentive to details that we as [outside] researchers might overlook at times,” said Carolina Doria, a biologist at the Federal University of Rondônia in Brazil and a member of the Science Panel for the Amazon any attempt to impose top-down approaches to conservation can be counterproductive The best [methodology] is to listen to the communities and find common ground for plausible actions from different perspectives,” she added A number of existing projects translate these different perspectives across the Amazon region Doria explained that the Ictio app has special relevance for communities affected by dams built in the basin as these constructions alter not only the volume of water in nearby rivers but also the dynamics of fish reproduction and their availability for consumption “Here in Rondônia we feel the brunt of hydropower dams Concession holders collect environmental impact data As local communities record changes in fish availability and variety they have more autonomy to argue against these impacts at the same time that we can understand changes in fish stocks,” Doria said Originally put together by scientists and fisherfolk of the Madeira River basin the Ictio app has now gathered more than 38,000 observations across the Amazon Many projects incorporating ILK and Western science focus on reforestation. Since 2008, Guaporé Ecological Action (Ecoporé) has planted more than 4 million tree seedlings across about 1,200 hectares—an area as big as London’s Heathrow Airport “This work was only made possible by the partnership with local Indigenous, quilombola [descendants of enslaved Africans who fought colonial rule in Brazil], and riverine communities and associations,” said Marcelo Ferronato Local communities have restored vegetation and helped expand forest areas over eroded land with low productivity Such activity improves farming yields and preserves a traditional way of life “On many occasions [Indigenous] families ask for seeds of species we don’t know and we learn from them about how to grow these plants.” The choice of plant species is not arbitrary: Ecoporé technicians and local communities discussed which species fit their needs and target locations best “We’re currently working with 350 Indigenous families and over 40 different species ‘mixes,’ or productive arrangements We learn a lot because on many occasions these families ask for seeds of species we don’t know and we learn from them about how to grow these plants,” Ferronato said This experience has given Ecoporé a way into another project which focuses on strengthening local economies by boosting the collection and production of high-quality Amazonian plant seeds These seeds have high potential market value. Brazilian law allows logging for economic activities on one fifth of the total area of private lands in the Amazon region—any percentage higher than that is illegal and landowners are required to restore such vegetation Seeds “can be sold especially to farmers and organizations willing to comply with the law,” Ferronato said Local communities and technicians trade knowledge about different seeds and their care and uses and these communities receive training on how to sell their seeds and turn this activity into a small business Such businesses still face significant challenges, said Indigenous leader Maria Leonice Tupari. Tupari coordinates the Association of Female Indigenous Warriors of Rondônia (AGIR) an organization with members from 56 groups of Indigenous Peoples in Rondônia “Logging and fires have depleted our seeds in some locations and some native trees were vanishing with that We’re collaborating with Ecoporé…to reverse this trend,” she said As well as serving as the raw material for restoring degraded areas, seeds are also used in the making of jewelry, a new source of income for Indigenous women in eight territories within AGIR. The women recently established an online store, Tecê-AGIR but the bulk of our sales go to clients in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo,” Tupari said “Nowadays we [Indigenous Peoples] have many of our young studying showing that Western knowledge draws a lot from our traditional wisdom.” Tupari said ILK has been more valued in the past few decades in the scientific community in part because of a greater presence of Indigenous scientists “Nowadays we have many of our young studying showing that Western knowledge draws a lot from our traditional wisdom,” she said “Reports show that at least 14 Indigenous lands are currently being invaded by miners “Many people think we [Indigenous Peoples] depend on the government to eat and live and it’s not true: We work a lot to grant our survival,” Tupari said —Meghie Rodrigues (@meghier) This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on “Code Red: The World’s Climate Summit.” Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration committed to strengthening coverage of the climate story BRAZILIAN country music star Ana Paula Vieira has been killed alongside her boyfriend in a horrifying head-on crash The 27-year-old was driving home with her partner Marcelo Stocco, 32, after performing her final gig in Cacoal when they collided with a tractor-trailer - leaving the car mangled at the side of the highway. The couple was heading to the municipality of Pimenta Bueno when their car lost control, the Federal Highway Police said. Despite the destructive crash, the truck driver wasn't injured. Shocking images show the state of Ana's car as it sits crushed off the road, surrounded by officers. The airbags have burst through the roof with the front and back doors completely ripped off their hinges. Other pictures show the huge truck with scratches and dents near its front door. The fire department is investigating the two deaths but believe Ana may have fallen asleep at the wheel. An incredible and super special woman, who will always be in our memories With over 35,000 followers on her social media, Ana was a beloved artist with a passionate group of fans. She had posted a cheery photo with her friends and boyfriend hours before the fatal car crash in a bar called Bar do Bodega in Cacoal. "An incredible and super special woman Heartbroken fans flooded the comments section under the bar's post One said: “Yesterday she did an incredible show "May God comfort the hearts of her family and friends.” Vieria had a degree in pharmacy and was most well-known for being a part of the musical group Marcio & Ana Paula Some of their biggest hits include Chamou de amor Só vem (Just Come) and Conta a Verdade (Tell The Truth) with Sunday's gig being one of her first solo performances since she touched everyone’s hearts with her music Ana's partner Marcelo Stocco also died in the accident He was elected to the Pimenta Bueno city council in 2020 and was coming to the end of his first term in politics Pimenta Bueno city hall released a statement saying: "Marcelo Stocco was a councilor of Pimenta Bueno and he stood out for leading several initiatives in favor of the population and the municipality leaving a significant mark on the community of Pimenta Bueno." The city also gave their condolences to Ana saying: “Ana Paula was known for her charming voice and her presence on social media she touched everyone’s hearts with her music." The pair were laid to rest separately on Monday I had a broken jaw and an open fracture in my left arm It rained heavily throughout Friday and Saturday I spent over 24 hours with my foot stuck in the plane's rubble I found a tree branch and forced it against the aircraft's body until I was able to free myself Read the article in the original language Filosofía y Fenomenología de las Religiones Ctra. Pozuelo-Majadahonda KM 1.800. 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid, España) Brazilian singer Ana Paula Vieira and her boyfriend The singer was driving home with her boyfriend after her performance in Cacoal when the car collided with a tractor The car was left destroyed at the side of the highway the couple were reportedly heading to Pimenta Bueno their car lost control midway and collided with a tractor with the front and back doors broken down their hinges The Sun reported that the fire department is looking into the matter but they believe Vieira may have fallen asleep on the steering wheel Ana Paula Vieira was best known for being a part of a musical group called Marcio and Ana Paula and was returning from one of her solo performances on the night of the accident The singer has over 35,000 followers on social media and fans have been paying their tributes to the singer since the fatal accident Ana Paula Vieira performed her final gig at a bar called Bar Do Bodega in Cacoal The bar posted a tribute message for the singer after her accident on Sunday Ana's boyfriend, Marcelo Stocco, who also passed away in the same accident, was an elected member of the Pimento Bueno city council since 2020. Speaking of his death the Pimento Bueno city hall released an official statement which said: saying the singer "touched everyone's hearts" with her music also shared a video of Vieira's alleged final performance with her partner Going by the location she put in her post, Ana Paula Vieira's final post on her Instagram account was a picture taken at the same bar where she performed her final gig hours before her death The Sun reported that Vieira and her boyfriend were laid to rest on Monday Your perspective matters!Start the conversation