*Ø* Blogmanac | Deni Savor Amazon victory
After more than 18 years of campaigning, it's time to dance. The final line has been drawn protecting over 3.5 million hectares of Amazon rainforest, and now Brazilian indigenous people, called the Deni, celebrate the demarcation of their land.
Those who helped the Deni in fighting to protect their territory -- including activists from Greenpeace, the Missionary Indigenous Council (CIMI), and Native Amazon Operation (OPAN) -- joined Brazilian authorities and journalists from around the world in the victory party. Organized by the Deni's patarahu (chiefs), the ceremony featured traditional songs and dance on the banks of the Xerua River, in the village of Boiador.
The Deni demarcation will create an "ethno-environmental" corridor of more than 3,600,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest, linking eight indigenous lands. This corridor will ensure the exclusive use of forest resources by more than 2,400 individuals, including the Hi-mariman -- an indigenous group numbering less than 200, who have had no contact with non-indigenous peoples.
Demarcating indigenous lands is an efficient method of protecting the Amazon rainforest, which is under threat from thousands of logging companies. The majority of these companies use illegal and predatory tactics like fires, cattle ranching and projects that ultimately open the heart of the Amazon to destruction. Satellite images of the Brazilian Amazon revealed increased deforestation. The Brazilian Government estimated that between August 2001 and August 2002, the equivalent of five million football fields were destroyed. This represented an increase of 40 percent in deforested areas in only one year, but it also revealed that indigenous lands were currently spared from this destruction.
Source: Greenpeace
After more than 18 years of campaigning, it's time to dance. The final line has been drawn protecting over 3.5 million hectares of Amazon rainforest, and now Brazilian indigenous people, called the Deni, celebrate the demarcation of their land.
Those who helped the Deni in fighting to protect their territory -- including activists from Greenpeace, the Missionary Indigenous Council (CIMI), and Native Amazon Operation (OPAN) -- joined Brazilian authorities and journalists from around the world in the victory party. Organized by the Deni's patarahu (chiefs), the ceremony featured traditional songs and dance on the banks of the Xerua River, in the village of Boiador.
The Deni demarcation will create an "ethno-environmental" corridor of more than 3,600,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest, linking eight indigenous lands. This corridor will ensure the exclusive use of forest resources by more than 2,400 individuals, including the Hi-mariman -- an indigenous group numbering less than 200, who have had no contact with non-indigenous peoples.
Demarcating indigenous lands is an efficient method of protecting the Amazon rainforest, which is under threat from thousands of logging companies. The majority of these companies use illegal and predatory tactics like fires, cattle ranching and projects that ultimately open the heart of the Amazon to destruction. Satellite images of the Brazilian Amazon revealed increased deforestation. The Brazilian Government estimated that between August 2001 and August 2002, the equivalent of five million football fields were destroyed. This represented an increase of 40 percent in deforested areas in only one year, but it also revealed that indigenous lands were currently spared from this destruction.
Source: Greenpeace
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