Brazil’s indigenous people struggle to stave off loggers
As politicians plan a radical shift in how aboriginal land is demarcated, environmentalists say places like Reserve 124 represent the best chance to save endangered forests
By Chris Arsenault and Karla Mendes
BOCA DO ACRE, Brazil – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Inside Brazil’s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past towering trees as yet untouched by Amazon loggers.
Much of the land around the reserve has been cleared of trees. Grazing
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