Indigenous peoples are so often the vanguard in the fight for planetary ecology both focal & global. The Yanomami territory represents an area with some of the greatest biodiversity on the planet, great numbers of species, many as yet undiscovered and of course a huge carbon sink. Cattle ranchers are invading the territory and deforesting from the east and rivers are being polluted with mercury. The Yanomami were officially recognized for their importance in terms of protecting Amazonia's biodiversity by Presidential decree on 25th May 1992.
http://www.theecosocialist.com/1/post/2012/09/when-gold-prices-go-up-tribal-peoples-lose-their-land-their-lives-charred-remains-of-80-people-discovered-in-the-amazon-raise-awareness-act-now-to-save-the-yanomami.html
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