British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira have disappeared on deep sunday in Amazon after receiving threats, in a remote region which includes some of wildest forest on a land, home To an estimated 19 indigenous groups who have not been contacted, rights groups and families have also appealed for authorities to speed up the search process.
Here are some fast facts on Javari Valley in Brazil, a huge indigenous reserve near the border with Peru which isolation make it a sanctuary for Drug dealers prey on illegal logging, gold mining and poaching.
Bigger than Austria
established in 2001, the Javari Valley Indigenous Reserve covers 85,000 square kilometers (33,000 sq mi) – larger than Austria.
Located in the northern state of Amazonas along the Brazilian border with Peru, it is home to an estimated 6,300 indigenous people.
that it secondThe largest indigenous reserve in Brazil, after the Yanomami Territory to the northeast, which extends over an area of 96,000 square kilometres.
Aboriginal Shelter
Twenty-six believed that indigenous groups live on Reservation, including 19 little or no contact with The outside world.
that it one of The last shelters for such groups.
“Javari Valley” home to me more More isolated tribes than anywhere else on a land,” says Indigenous rights group Survival International.
deep forest
It is famous for its remote wilderness.
“You’re talking about a dense tropical forest,” Fiona Watson, research director In Survival, according to AFP.
“It’s a whole rainforest, with Much of the rivers that pass through it.
She remembered that she was stranded in The region in The nineties when she was a group ran a boat out of fuel.
“we just He had to float down the river. But it would have taken days, because of jagged curves of She said.
“So one of Our Aboriginal guides decided to cut off the road as the bird flew past the meanders.”
is finally made He. She back with container of fuel.
but the region She said it was very difficult.
“The process of trying to locate Bruno and Dom is an enormous challenge.”
targeting for invasions
this dimension made The region attractive for Drug dealers , who They took advantage of the shortage of The existence of the state and the porous borders between two states key countries in drugs trade.
Territory has also experienced a ‘huge’ increase in Illegal logging, gold mining and poaching in Survival said recent years.
Land invasions and related violence with “This illegal activity poses a serious threat,” she added.
The fact disappearance event against This wallpaper “makes the situation equal more The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in Brazil office.
Leagues and Conflicts
Pereira former head of programs for Uncontacted groups in the indigenous population of Brazil affairs The agency, FUNAI, spent a lot of His career in fighting such invasions – which made him a target of Frequent threats.
He assisted local indigenous communities in coordinating the patrols of It was their land on for him way to a meeting with Sweetened community leader around project When he and Phillips disappeared, according to local Aboriginal activists.
Funai’s base in The region set up To protect the indigenous people, it has come attack many of times in Last few years.
In 2019, an officer from FUNAI . was shot dead.
British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira have disappeared on deep sunday in Amazon after receiving threats, in a remote region which includes some of wildest forest on a land, home To an estimated 19 indigenous groups who have not been contacted, rights groups and families have also appealed for authorities to speed up the search process.
Here are some fast facts on Javari Valley in Brazil, a huge indigenous reserve near the border with Peru which isolation make it a sanctuary for Drug dealers prey on illegal logging, gold mining and poaching.
Bigger than Austria
established in 2001, the Javari Valley Indigenous Reserve covers 85,000 square kilometers (33,000 sq mi) – larger than Austria.
Located in the northern state of Amazonas along the Brazilian border with Peru, it is home to an estimated 6,300 indigenous people.
that it secondThe largest indigenous reserve in Brazil, after the Yanomami Territory to the northeast, which extends over an area of 96,000 square kilometres.
Aboriginal Shelter
Twenty-six believed that indigenous groups live on Reservation, including 19 little or no contact with The outside world.
that it one of The last shelters for such groups.
“Javari Valley” home to me more More isolated tribes than anywhere else on a land,” says Indigenous rights group Survival International.
deep forest
It is famous for its remote wilderness.
“You’re talking about a dense tropical forest,” Fiona Watson, research director In Survival, according to AFP.
“It’s a whole rainforest, with Much of the rivers that pass through it.
She remembered that she was stranded in The region in The nineties when she was a group ran a boat out of fuel.
“we just He had to float down the river. But it would have taken days, because of jagged curves of She said.
“So one of Our Aboriginal guides decided to cut off the road as the bird flew past the meanders.”
is finally made He. She back with container of fuel.
but the region She said it was very difficult.
“The process of trying to locate Bruno and Dom is an enormous challenge.”
targeting for invasions
this dimension made The region attractive for Drug dealers , who They took advantage of the shortage of The existence of the state and the porous borders between two states key countries in drugs trade.
Territory has also experienced a ‘huge’ increase in Illegal logging, gold mining and poaching in Survival said recent years.
Land invasions and related violence with “This illegal activity poses a serious threat,” she added.
The fact disappearance event against This wallpaper “makes the situation equal more The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in Brazil office.
Leagues and Conflicts
Pereira former head of programs for Uncontacted groups in the indigenous population of Brazil affairs The agency, FUNAI, spent a lot of His career in fighting such invasions – which made him a target of Frequent threats.
He assisted local indigenous communities in coordinating the patrols of It was their land on for him way to a meeting with Sweetened community leader around project When he and Phillips disappeared, according to local Aboriginal activists.
Funai’s base in The region set up To protect the indigenous people, it has come attack many of times in Last few years.
In 2019, an officer from FUNAI . was shot dead.