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General data about Indigenous Lands in Brazil

825

In Brazil

15

Under review

166

Identification studies

37

Identified

71

Declared

536

Homologated or Reservated

13%

Of Brazil

Peoples 286
Population in ILs 695044
Languages and dialects 154
News 62926

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Where are?

The Indigenous Lands are found in the different Brazilian legal jurisdictions.

Indigenous Lands by Legal Jurisdiction

Legal Jurisdiction Lands Area (ha) % of total
Amazônia Legal 475 121.060.327 58
Domínio Mata Atlântica 257 954.154 31
Outros 93 1.177.518 11
Total 825 123.191.999 100

Indigenous Lands by State

US Lands Total of ILs area (ha)
AC 38 3.312.255,68
AL 13 27.640,84
AM 190 50.020.475,04
AP 6 1.191.137,48
BA 35 325.442,81
CE 11 27.430,89
DF 1 N/D
ES 3 18.373,95
GO 7 38.111,22
MA 24 2.459.219,25
MG 19 132.033,87
MS 69 902.881,29
MT 91 15.123.363,28
PA 69 31.364.012,62
PB 4 33.788,63
PE 20 205.833,34
PI 3 2.440,00
PR 34 125.037,85
RJ 6 4.674,45
RN 1 N/D
RO 31 5.024.379,84
RR 35 10.381.053,60
RS 63 113.320,50
SC 29 98.710,53
SE 2 4.412,20
SP 35 73.960,36
TO 14 2.598.715,90
Note: Some ILs can have their area under more than one state, so the number of ILs presented for each state can not be summed.

Pressures and Threats

Deforestation

Deforestation is one of the main threats to Indigenous Lands. The ranking below bringsthe ten most deforested ILs in the Legal Amazon in the year of analysis. Click on the legend of the graph and compare deforestation year by year with the percentage of the area preserved in each Indigenous Land.

Click in the graph subtitle and compare the deforestation year by year with the rate preserved on each Indigenous Land.

Hotspots

The increase in the forest and grasslands fires is a constant threat to the Indigenous Lands, especially in the Cerrado (the Brazilian Savanna) and Amazon.

Mining

Mining Applications

A mineração é uma atividade altamente impactante que pode contaminar os cursos dágua, o solo e a fauna e a flora. Por isso, mesmo não sendo permitida em Terras Indígenas, as pretensões de exploração minerária são ameaças constantes às Terras Indígenas e aos povos que neles vivem.

The 10 more Indigenous Lands with

Main applicants

Main applicants Total amount Total Process Area (ha) Total Area in ILs (ha)
MINERACAO SILVANA INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO LTDA 34 17.294,33 6.122,44
24 10.225,12 8.324,08
COOPERATIVA DOS GARIMPEIROS DA AMAZONIA - COOGAM 16 91.316,50 22.038,09
GUILHERME MENDES LOPES 10 19.369,53 15.888,74
LUIZ SILVA de SOUSA 10 500,05 500,05
C R ALMEIDA SA ENGENHARIA E CONSTRUÇÕES 9 517,90 361,48
ACAI INVESTIMENTOS E PARTICIPACOES LTDA 8 74.252,89 48.442,12
FRANK GEORGES GUIMARAES CRUZ 7 1.771,16 499,19
RIO TINTO DESENVOLVIMENTOS MINERAIS LTDA 7 1.513,64 554,62
ARMANDO SOUZA FILHO 7 124,28 21,89

Lands with more processes

Lands with more requested area

News

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