This paper presents a case study about an environmental lawsuit proposed by an indigenous citizen and signed by an indigenous lawyer aiming at preserving the environment inside the Indigenous Land of Sao Marcos, near ...

Abstract: Landscapes settled by indigenous communities represent nuanced inter-relationships between culture and environment, where balance is achieved through Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS). Through IKS, native ...

The demarcation of indigenous lands is controversial question in the Brazilian reality. Proves to be a clash between the sectors of the arguments against the demarcation Brazilian society and the arguments of indigenous ...

This study aims to discuss the concept of biodiversity and propose a cultural breadth of the subject. To this end, we conducted literature reviews and interviews on the Apurina Indigenous Land (Amazonas, Brazil). Seventy ...

This article discusses the issue of citizenship from the perspective of indigenous people from the Cobra Grande Indigenous Land (TICG, abbreviation in portuguese) who participate in a teacher training course. The question ...

Since years 1960, the Brazilian Amazon live a severe process of exploration. In Maranhao, exploration of the Amazon begins with the construction of the BR 316 (1958), BR 010 (1959), BR 222 (1968) and Carajas Railway (1982) ...

Ever since the arrival of the European colonisers, theories of international law have been used to justify the process of dispossession of indigenous lands. Even though the adoption of human rights have led to some ...