Funai under fire as Indigenous land demarcation continues amid threats from illegal mining, logging and crime. Brazil’s Indigenous agency: protecting or policing? Biographic: agency tasked with protecting Indigenous lands and cultures.
The Brazilian government has begun demarcating the 410,000-hectare Pardo River Kawahiva Indigenous territory in the Amazon, protecting a vulnerable uncontacted community amid legal challenges and a tense political backdrop ahead of the October presidential election.