Ranchers threaten Enawene Nawe Indians
Cattle ranchers have threatened Enawene Nawe Indians with reprisals if they attempt to visit the Rio Preto, an area where the Indians build dams to trap fish every year.
Cattle ranchers have threatened Enawene Nawe Indians with reprisals if they attempt to visit the Rio Preto, an area where the Indians build dams to trap fish every year.
A group of Indians have denounced the destruction of their most important river. The Enawene Nawe tribe are angry that the rainforest bordering the Rio Preto, an abundant source of fish, is being rapidly destroyed by cattle ranchers.
The remote Enawene Nawe tribe of the Brazilian Amazon made British national TV news headlines yesterday in a hard-hitting report on the clearance of their land for soya plantations.
As Brazils President Lula makes a state visit to the UK this week, one of the Amazons most unusual tribes is losing its land to plantations of soya that may be bound for the UK.
The pristine rivers and forest of one of the Amazon's most unusual tribes are being destroyed by the ruthless advance of Brazil's 'soya frontier'.