Indigenous peoples are the most efficient preservers of the world’s biodiversity and this is particularly true for Brazil’s indigenous reserves that hold the most pristine parts of the rainforest in the world. Nearly one-fifth of all Amazonian animals and plants live in these territories — which retain 25.5% of all carbon stocks in Brazil — and indigenous peoples rely on these ecosystems and their land for their livelihood.
The struggle to protect their land from illegal mining and logging in th