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Sometimes we ask ourselves:
Is the white man intelligent?

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What does he use
his intelligence for?

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To destroy the Amazon?

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THE AMAZON IS TWICE THE SIZE
OF SPAIN AND EVERY MINUTE...

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...LOSES THE EQUIVALENT
OF FIVE FOOTBALL FIELDS.

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I am for hydroelectric plants.

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Taking into account
the investment and the profit,...

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...the environmental damage
is not so important.

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IN THE LAST 2 YEARS,
132 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS...

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...HAVE BEEN MURDERED
IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

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They didn\'t manage to shoot me in
my head, they did something worse.

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AT THE GATES OF HELL

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A sanctuary rich
in natural resources...

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...that has become an object
of desire over the centuries.

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For decades,
the Brazilian rainforest...

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...has been deforested, damaged,
and riddled with buildings...

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...in the name of economic
growth and progress.

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When conservation is not
a priority for the Government,...

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...the threat of logging, mining,
and agribusiness increases.

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The economic interests...

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...of authorities
that protect the Amazon...

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...coincide with those
who plunder it,...

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...indigenous peoples
and activists risk their lives...

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...to defend a land that languishes
at the gates of hell.

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THREATENED
BRAZILIAN AMAZON

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OSVALINDA ALVES
ECO-FARMER

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I\'ve been threatened since 2012...

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...for defending the rights
of farmers and women here...

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...and for working
in an agroforestry system...

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...with no agronomic or fire.

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That\'s why, landowners and loggers
think that we hurt their work.

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They say that we are a bad example
for them in here...

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...because we\'ll change
the mentality of the people.

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You are dangerous.
-Yes.

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If a farmer recovers their land,
they stop selling the land...

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...so that a large landowner
can plant crop for livestock.

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If farmers work for loggers or
landowners, they give up the land.

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In fact, almost all farmers
have sold their land to landowners.

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Very cheap, too.

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Good cheap to work for them.

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Some people do not want
your knowledge to be shared.

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If you sell 1,000 kilos of pulp
at ten reais, how much do you get?

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10,000.

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That, only in one harvest,
without destroying a hectare.

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In one hectare you can only
raise two cows, only two cows.

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If those cows, within a year,
give me two calves,...

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...I\'ll have to wait other three
years to sell them at 2,000 reais.

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How much will I get
if I plant pasture?

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That\'s the calculation
I make to farmers.

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Do not sow grass, plant trees.

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Plant fruit trees
that will give you more benefits.

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Don\'t sow grass, as with two cows
you won\'t support your children.

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You, here, live in an independent
and self-sufficient way.

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My food comes from here:

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rice, beans, corn, yam, potatoes...

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All the vegetables are from here.

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Everyone keeps their family
with the system we implanted.

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There is no need to deforest.

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So, when you tell this
to people,...

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...they call you crazy,
environmentalist...

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...and many times I\'ve been told
I have nothing to do,...

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...that I have to die
as Dorothy Stang died.

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How did she die?

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They shot her to death.

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Those who threaten me
are the loggers and landowners.

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They put a price on your head?
-Yes.

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30 loggers and landowners,
at 3,000 reais each.

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90,000 reais.

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Yes.

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People have come to threaten you
in your own living room.

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They were 12. They all came armed.

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They told me they brought money,
they wanted to do business with me.

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I told them I was not going
to accept their money.

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I went to the kitchen,
and made juice.

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I put it on the table
and I served it.

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They drank it.

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\"If you want to kill me,
kill me now.\"...

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...It was what I told him.

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I do not know how I dared.

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He turned around,
looked at me and said:

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I\'ll come back tomorrow with more
money and we\'ll reach an agreement.

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I said:

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\"Don\'t bother, as soon as you
leave, I\'m going to denounce you\".

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The truth is I had
never denounced them before.

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But from the moment
they entered my house,...

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...they put pressure on my husband
and my friends,...

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...that\'s when I got angry
and said \"enough\".

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The Federal Police told me the only
solution was to disclose,...

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...because they couldn\'t
protect me.

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Did the police say
they would not do anything...

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...and that the only solution
was to talk to the media?

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It was the only solution
they found.

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How many times
have you escaped death?

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Many, girl. Many. Many times...

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When I think about it...

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It\'s very sad.

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Many times.

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Sometimes we get across them
on the road and they stop the car.

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A gunslinger shows his weapon,...

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...no one can help you,
there is just jungle.

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When the loggers and landowners
saw that they could not kill you...

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...because you had told what
was happening to the media,...

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...did they try other tactics
to intimidate you?

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They acted within
the Ministry of Health.

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I was in treatment in Belem
to have heart surgery.

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When I got there, the landowner\'s
daughter said I wasn\'t a priority.

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I gave her the documents and told
her that my surgery was urgent...

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...because my surgery term
was 10 years and it had been 11.

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The metal valve that I have
in my heart had already stopped...

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...and only part
of my heart worked.

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I could not even walk anymore.
But I was not a priority.

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If I had any chance of living
10 more years, it\'s over.

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I do not have it anymore.

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They did not manage to shoot me in
the head, they did something worse.

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They finished with my life.

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They finished with my life.

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These four years I have left are
going to be years of struggle.

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I\'m going to get back the lands
they have taken from farmers.

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My struggle is not for death,
it is for life.

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Not for my life,...

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...but for the life of my
grandchildren, who will live here.

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Every day I plant a seed.

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If I have four years to plant,
and every year has 365 days,...

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...there will be many trees.

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You can be sure that I will
replant this whole area.

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My life is in here.

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ITAITUBA, BRAZIL

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Brazil received billions
from Europe...

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...and international
organizations...

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...to help preserve
its most precious treasure.

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More than one million
square kilometres...

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...divided in conservation units
currently endangered.

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There is lower governmental
budget and protection.

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This action will boost illegal
deforestation and land occupations.

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ICMBIO is named
after Chico Mendes,...

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...an activist
who was murdered in the 80s...

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...for defending nature
and these lands.

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80s, 2017.

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Are people still dying,
is it still happening?

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Yes, people are still dying.
They are activists...

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...who defend the environment
and who fight for it.
DIEGO BEZERRA - INSTITUTE CHICO
MENDES OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

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The eyes of the world
are on the Amazon...

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...because we have water, soil,...

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...minerals, jungle, animals...

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The Amazon has many riches
and that attracts greed.

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The Conservation Units
were separated to be preserved...

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...and guarantee the minimum
natural resources...

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...for humanity and population.

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They get
into the Conservation Units...

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...to take wood,
an environmental crime,...

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...to introduce cattle,
plant grass,...

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...to dig and extract minerals...

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The same resources then...

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...are being taken
from those conservation areas,...

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...that means a large part of the
Amazon lands are already destroyed.

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They are exploited.

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Correct. But there is a way of
sustainable farming and mining...

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...in which an area, usually huge,
is divided into plots...

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...and one plot per year
will be exploited.

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If it takes 30 years to exploit
the entire area,...

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...when you reach the last plot,
the first has recovered.

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This is sustainable exploitation,
but it doesn\'t happen here.

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According to data
from official observers,...

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...20% of the State of Pará
is already deforested.

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Do municipal politicians
recognize these figures...

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...or prefer to look away?

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90% of the financing...

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...of the political campaigns
of the State of Pará,...

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...from councillors
to the government,...

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...is related
to environmental crimes.

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That money comes
from illegal gold digs,...

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...of illegal wood,...

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...and the illegal cattle
within the Conservation Units.

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Both things can\'t be separated.

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So, when we do an inspection...

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...and we surprise
the offenders,...

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...the guys
that we surprise cutting,...

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...are only small fish,...

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...are just victims
of the process,...

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...who are there
to support their families.

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The system places them
in a position in which they see...

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...the environmental inspection
as the villain...

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...and not as protectors
of the heritage...

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...for their descendants
and humanity.

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Those environmental crimes,...

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...sometimes turn
into personal crimes.

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Of course, here are many stories
of murders because of the land.

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TAPAJOS RIVER BRAZIL

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The Tapajos river basin...

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...is the heart
of the Brazilian Amazon.

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Due to its natural wealth
and strategic position,...

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...land grabbers...

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...have tried to expel their
legitimate owners for years...

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...with false documents, pressures,
and high doses of violence.

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ALGEU LOBO - PRESIDENT OF
THE COMMUNITY MONTANHA MANGABAL

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They call you \"riberinhos\".

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We are born and raised
on the river bank.

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My family is the seventh
generation in this place.

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Here we live
from the collection of fruits,...

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hunting, artisan fishing.

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We are in a place
where there is no pollution.

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The land you inhabit is yours?

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There is a court resolution
of 2006...

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...that legitimizes us
as owners of these lands.

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The way to mark it,
is placing a banner?

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We write with a machete on a wood:

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\"Unauthorized entry not allowed\".

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Does someone watch?

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There are no resources to watch.

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When the judge said this area...

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...belonged to the inhabitants
of Montanha Mangabal,...

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...he stipulated a fine for people
who entered this territory...

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...for a value
of 10,000 reais per day.

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So, this land is being violated
because people enter,...

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...take wood, take gold,
palmetto... everything.

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What happens to those who report?
Are they exposed?

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They are threatened.

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Threatened with death.

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Are you threatened?
-Yes.

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By whom?

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That person is known
as \"Bahiano\"...

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...who wants our wood
from our land.

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He came and told me something
could happen to me, like dying,...

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...someone could kill me, because
I\'m on the radar of many people.

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Here you live with your wife,
alone.

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Alone, my wife and me.

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How long does it take
to get to the closest community?

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It\'s about 30 minutes by boat.

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Why did you decide
to come with your family...

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...to a more isolated area?

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Because when you live
in a very inhabited place,...

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...as there are many people,
you cannot have a crop.

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In order to be self-sufficient
and have your own crops,...

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...you come here
and risk your life?

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I travel a lot to Itaituba,
which is the nearest city...

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...and when I go,
I change logistics.

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There is a project to build
a hydroelectric plant.

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If it were built,
what would happen?

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We should go.

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When a hydroelectric plant
is built in a river,...

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...the banks of the river flood...

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...and the inhabitants
of the shores have to leave.

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How many real fronts
do they have as enemies?

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The Federal Government,...

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...which wants this project
to advance...

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...to improve the Brazilian economy
and to generate more energy.

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What is development?

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A progress
only for those who already have.

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The rich will have more
and the poor, less...

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Or nothing.

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What if those who exploit the land
also are the ones in government?

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In these isolated areas,
the boundaries are blurred...

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...and many of the big scavengers
also occupy public positions.

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In Itaituba,...

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...the mayor was convicted
for illicit wood extraction,...

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...and is being
currently investigated...

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...for misappropriation of one
million reais of public money.

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VALMIR CLIMACO
MAYOR OF ITAITUBA

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This is called
the city of the nugget,...

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...what does gold mean here?

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60% or 70% of the municipality\'s
economy comes from gold.

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The city produces more
than one ton of gold per month,...

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...12 or 13 tons per year.

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Gold is undoubtedly the largest
economy and income of this city.

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Are there illegal mines?

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Lately, the extraction
has been fairly regularized,...

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.320
...but there are still
some illegal mines,...

00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:41.400
...particularly, those within
the Conservation Units.

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They were created in the 2000s...

00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:48.200
...and there were mines
that had been here...

00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:50.400
...for more than 40-50 years.

00:17:50.800 --> 00:17:52.960
The miners
did not invade the reserve,...

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:56.960
...the federal government created
the reserve with the miners.

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They found out it was a protected
area they couldn\'t exploit.

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:05.960
When the Federal Government,
in the 70s,...

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:09.840
...opened the Trans-amazon
highway and the BR63...

00:18:10.280 --> 00:18:12.960
...encouraged the people
to inhabit the area...

00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:17.160
...and then decided to expel them
through a decree.

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:21.240
We have to trust
the legislation of our country,...

00:18:22.080 --> 00:18:26.600
...but how could you give
permission to a person...

00:18:27.280 --> 00:18:29.400
...to work and deforest,...

00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.640
...and now, the Government
creates a Reserve?

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:36.120
It is impossible
to live in a country...

00:18:36.280 --> 00:18:40.400
...that confiscates the patrimony
that it itself gave years ago.

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:42.400
There are other threats...

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:46.240
...for people who have lived here
for a long time,...

00:18:46.280 --> 00:18:49.640
...for example, the project
of a hydroelectric...

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.400
I am for hydroelectric plants,...

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:56.960
I can say the environmental impact
is small.

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:58.360
Where it is going to flood,...

00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:01.320
...practically,
there is nobody living.

00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:02.640
Few families...

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:06.360
...to which the government
can relocate and compensate.

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:09.960
But those communities have lived
there all their lives,...

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:12.000
...for many generations.

00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:14.720
Yes, but we understand
that a hydroelectric plant...

00:19:14.760 --> 00:19:19.200
...cannot be built without losses.

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:24.600
The river people have not told me
about the Reserve,...

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:26.960
...they are worried
about the plant.

00:19:27.320 --> 00:19:30.360
In a Reserve, you cannot build
a hydroelectric dam.

00:19:30.520 --> 00:19:32.680
It\'s not coherent.

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:36.240
The government
has created the Reserve,...

00:19:36.280 --> 00:19:38.720
...but the place where the plant
will be built,...

00:19:38.760 --> 00:19:42.560
...occupies several reserves
but a small part.

00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:45.800
Only 50 hectares
are taken from some of them.

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:49.360
The hydroelectric project...

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:52.400
...is the start
of a much larger drain,...

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:55.120
...the Tapajos
Hydroelectric Complex.

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.480
The aim is to build
more than 40 hydroelectric dams...

00:19:59.520 --> 00:20:03.200
...that will affect
more than two million people,...

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.160
...indigenous people, ribereños,
and traditional communities.

00:20:07.320 --> 00:20:11.600
Only in the areas closest
to the municipality of Itaituba...

00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:15.960
...would the dams flood
a protected land area...

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:18.320
...of the size of Spain and Italy.

00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:21.520
Taking into account
the investment and the profit,...

00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:25.960
...the environmental damage
is not so great,...

00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:29.360
...but who is against
the hydroelectric plants....

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:31.320
...is not the people of Brazil,...

00:20:31.360 --> 00:20:34.960
...who oppose the Jamanxi
hydroelectric plants...

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:37.240
...are the other countries,...

00:20:37.280 --> 00:20:39.600
...where they have deforested
everything...

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:43.000
...and now,
they want to rule the Amazon.

00:20:43.560 --> 00:20:47.360
We know what is good
for our region, they do not.

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.840
In the Kyoto agreement,...

00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:54.160
...President Bush,
if I\'m not mistaken,...

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:57.560
...opposed signing
that agreement...

00:20:57.600 --> 00:21:01.360
...that forced us
to reduce US industries.

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:03.760
We also want to be
a rich country,...

00:21:03.800 --> 00:21:06.520
...we need technology
and investments,...

00:21:06.560 --> 00:21:08.280
...because we need development.

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:10.800
We like internet,...

00:21:10.840 --> 00:21:14.360
...energy, new cars...

00:21:14.760 --> 00:21:19.720
Is it possible to coexist between
the protection of nature,...

00:21:19.760 --> 00:21:23.400
...the environment,
the Amazon, and progress?

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:28.040
Every year, we see
that deforestation is decreasing.

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:32.960
From here to Belem,
there must be 5% deforested.

00:21:33.320 --> 00:21:36.760
It seems to me to be very little.

00:21:37.520 --> 00:21:40.120
Data from national
and international reports...

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:43.960
...do not speak of 5%,
but a much higher percentage.

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:46.000
How much is it in your country?

00:21:46.040 --> 00:21:49.200
How much is it in Europe,
in the USA?

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:54.240
Most people who deforest
in Itaituba come from outside.

00:21:54.520 --> 00:21:57.600
You came from abroad
to work the land here...

00:21:57.960 --> 00:22:02.480
I came from the Northeast
and I manage haciendas.

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:07.960
In the region, I own a construction
company and other companies.

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.960
Do you own wood companies?

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:12.080
No, I\'ve had, but not anymore.

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:16.240
Now, I also own mining,
gold companies.

00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:19.280
You, not as Mayor,
but as an individual,...

00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:23.560
...are directly affected
by changes in Federal law.

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:27.280
Yes, those changes affect me,
but we are accepting them.

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:30.600
We are not going to allow...

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:34.440
...someone to come
from another country or state...

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:38.680
...to mess in the jungles
of the municipality of Itaituba.

00:22:40.760 --> 00:22:43.840
TAPAJOS RIVER
BRAZIL

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.560
ADELINE LAVAL ANTHROPOLOGIST

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.960
I saw in the news...

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:03.280
...they were going to build
a hydroelectric plant here,...

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:06.920
...EDF, Electricité de France,...

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:11.760
...the largest
French electricity company,...

00:23:11.800 --> 00:23:14.880
French people pay every month,...

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:18.920
...and that is going to finance
this project, to make money...

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:23.400
...with the destruction
of this region and this river,...

00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:27.480
...expelling the people
who live here.

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:32.640
For that French company,
it might be energy, development...

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:34.640
But you talk about destruction.

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:38.480
Today there are
many sustainable solutions.

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:42.400
They are going to cut the river.

00:23:44.800 --> 00:23:48.600
The Munduruku say they can\'t be
separated from the jungle.

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:52.640
The jungle is here,
and the river is next to it.

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.960
It\'s their house.
-It is.

00:23:55.840 --> 00:24:00.560
Their whole world develops
in that environment.

00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:05.400
In the river, they bathe,
fish, wash their things...

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:08.920
Absolutely everything.

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:11.920
They could drink that water.
Now, they cannot.

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.960
Why?

00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:15.960
It contains mercury,
it is contaminated.

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:18.960
Where does mercury come from?

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.360
It has two origins.

00:24:20.760 --> 00:24:23.200
The miners with dredges
here use it.

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:28.320
They mix water with mercury
to extract the gold.

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:32.960
And it also comes
from deforestation,...

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:36.000
...because cutting down trees...

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:39.520
...causes mercury to escape
from the ground,...

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:44.440
...because the ground
naturally contains mercury.

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:48.600
That deforestation causes erosion.

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:57.600
Many people who live here
don\'t have a good education,...

00:24:57.640 --> 00:25:00.560
...many, don\'t even
ever leave this area.

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:04.960
Do they know the river
is poisoned...

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:07.320
...and what mercury means?

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:12.520
Now they know it, but they do not
have very clear information,...

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:16.400
...the government does not give it.

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.280
Nobody cares about these people.

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:26.320
They are poisoning them,
even knowing they are doing it.

00:25:26.760 --> 00:25:31.880
I do not know, but I think it\'s a
way to expel them little by little.

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:37.360
There are many ways
to expel people...

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:40.320
...because their presence
is disrupting the economy.

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:45.560
If this town is still here,
progress will not come,...

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:50.240
...but they are the guarantee
for the jungle to continue.

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:58.640
We take away their gold,
plant soy for us.

00:26:00.520 --> 00:26:05.520
Why? Because we need
what we do not produce in Europe.

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:08.400
What is the price
of that production?

00:26:08.760 --> 00:26:12.160
What is the price
of the meat they eat there?

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:18.560
The price is the destruction of
the way of life of those children.

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.640
We pay for that.

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:28.040
I do not say that we are guilty,
but we are responsible.

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:32.000
What we buy in a supermarket
means, maybe,...

00:26:32.040 --> 00:26:34.520
...hectares deforested here,...

00:26:34.800 --> 00:26:39.440
...to plant soybeans that,
in turn, serve to feed cattle...

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:42.320
...that will go
to our supermarkets.

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:46.320
Sure! The gold earrings
that many people crave,...

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:53.880
...make many people die
intoxicated by mercury here,...

00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:56.720
...but that\'s the price.

00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:01.800
We throw poison when we enjoy
beautiful gold jewellery.

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:05.800
I think this information
can no longer be hidden,...

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:08.840
...we cannot close our eyes.

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.720
The struggle for what is theirs?

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:12.320
It\'s dangerous,...

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:15.600
...because they face people...

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:17.720
...who sometimes have weapons,...

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:22.040
...other times,
they will be threatened,...

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:28.360
...but they are warriors
and they will never stop fighting.

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:33.760
These people know well they are not
only fighting for them,...

00:27:34.280 --> 00:27:35.960
...but for the whole world.

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.200
This is very hard,...

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:41.320
...because they help
the whole planet...

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:45.600
...and what do we do in return?
Nothing.

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:50.320
I do not know if it\'s normal,
it does not make sense.

00:27:54.920 --> 00:28:00.000
The Tapajos River is inhabited
by more than 10,000 Mundurukus,...

00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:03.960
...living in some
of the most populated...

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:06.240
...and ancient towns of the Amazon.

00:28:06.280 --> 00:28:08.320
They depend on the jungle,...

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:11.200
...but although the Constitution
recognises them...

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:13.240
...as lords of their land,...

00:28:13.760 --> 00:28:17.200
...the arrows of progress
fall closer and closer to them.

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:23.040
The Munduruku existed
long before Brazil existed.

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:27.800
Yes, Brazil was baptized later.
JUÁREZ SAW MUNDURUKU
CACIQUE OF SAWRÉ MUYBU.

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:33.480
But us, the indigenous people,
had been living here for longer.

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:38.120
...that is why we say that
we are made of this land.

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.600
The Government wants us...

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:46.560
...to become Brazilian citizens
like the others,...

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:50.840
...but it is not possible.
We want to be indigenous.

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:54.280
The Brazilian Government
promised...

00:28:54.320 --> 00:29:00.040
...to set a demarcation
of your territory to protect it,...

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:05.040
...but the demarcation was finally
made by the Mundurukus.

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:06.960
They set a self-demarcation.

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:10.040
We made the demarcation...

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:15.960
...to know our land,
to know how to protect it...

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:18.680
...how to keep it
and watch over it.

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:25.960
Mundurukus are settling
throughout the territory...

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.960
...to create new villages.

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:31.320
It is necessary,
the territory is very extensive.

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:33.480
How big is the land?

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:35.920
173,000 hectares.

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:41.240
Therefore,
if the villages were not...

00:29:41.280 --> 00:29:46.520
...in the outskirts of the
territory, we could not defend it.

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:50.480
When an invasion arrives,
as you call it,...

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:52.200
...what do you do?

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.680
We talk to them,...

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:58.080
...we tell them the land is
indigenous and they cannot enter.

00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:00.560
Is your weapon the word?
-Yes.

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:05.960
People who want to get an economic
benefit from your territory,...

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:08.960
...do they understand the word?
Is it enough?

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:13.520
No, no... they do not respect it.

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:24.440
Sometimes, we ask ourselves,
is the white man intelligent?

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:28.640
What does he use
his intelligence for?

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.480
To destroy the Amazon?

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:34.400
The climate changes every year.

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.560
It is getting hotter...

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:44.880
...and the river
and its tributaries are drying up.

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:49.960
The body of the Amazon
is like ours.

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:53.960
It has veins on all sides.

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:59.120
If you cut a vein from your arm,
you will be obviously weak,...

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.960
...because you bleed...

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:05.280
...and the river does, too.

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:11.480
If we do not become aware,
we are all going to die.

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:25.480
\"If we do not become
aware we are all going to die\",...

00:31:25.800 --> 00:31:28.600
The phrase is like a mantra
in my head,...

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:32.320
...the last energy and mineral
frontier in the Amazon...

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:34.360
...has begun to dry up...

00:31:34.760 --> 00:31:38.760
...and there is nothing like
navigating its shores to realize.

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:44.440
WALTER CIRINO
ILLEGAL MINER

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:52.040
For us, this river
is a source of life.

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:57.160
I can support my family better
than many people with good jobs.

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.960
The Tapajos provides me.

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:00.640
And you work extracting gold.

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:02.840
Yes, I am a miner,
so was my father.

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:05.320
How much does a worker earn?

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:07.400
Of the gross gold he extracts, 40%.

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:09.280
What is the process?

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:15.960
He submerges,
he probes the beach,...

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:19.760
...he may find hard sand,
sometimes pebbles...

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:23.840
Among the pebbles,
there is black sand...

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:26.880
...where the gold is concentrated.

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:31.960
In this machine, it enters
in a process of debugging?

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:34.240
Everything is mixed.

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:40.960
We put it in a bucket
and wash it to find the gold.

00:32:41.520 --> 00:32:45.200
Is this mine, a traditional mine,
bad for the river?

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:48.640
Not because we pollute
as little as possible.

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:53.400
Everything will be
the same tomorrow.

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:56.440
But with dredgers, it will not.

00:32:56.920 --> 00:33:00.520
Look at the dredge that worked
there, how it left everything.

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:05.400
The white mound is what they take
from the bottom.

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:08.440
Even if we worked two years,...

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:13.400
...we would not get to do
what they do in a day.

00:33:18.520 --> 00:33:23.800
All these mounds of sand
that can look like a beach,...

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:28.240
...is the result of a long time
of dredging and taking out gold?

00:33:28.280 --> 00:33:29.400
Exactly.

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:33.680
There are no longer natural
beaches, now there are only stones.

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:35.760
Has the river channel changed?

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:37.800
The river was straight, nice,...

00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:40.360
...there were no mounds
of the dredges.

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.800
Now everything is dry.

00:33:43.760 --> 00:33:47.120
Those working with large boats,
rafts, and ships,...

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:49.120
...can no longer navigate.

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:53.280
It was unnavigable
because the river was low,...

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:57.600
...the lands have been removed
and you can only sail in winter.

00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:04.560
It\'s not the small miners, it\'s the
big ones that take out the gold,...

00:34:04.800 --> 00:34:08.440
...they only leave this destruction
of nature. Only destruction.

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:32.960
Brazil\'s rainforests cover an area
of 5 million square kilometres,...

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:35.320
20 times the United Kingdom.

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:38.520
A space as large
as it is impossible to control,...

00:34:38.560 --> 00:34:41.960
...especially when the agencies
in charge of doing so...

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.240
...do not have enough technical
equipment or staff.

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:48.960
We went on a secret operation...

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:52.160
...by the Chico Mendes Institute
of Biodiversity.

00:34:52.520 --> 00:34:57.000
The setting is a Conservation
Unit that is being depleted.

00:34:58.040 --> 00:35:02.400
Five inspectors of the institute,
six firemen and eight military,...

00:35:02.520 --> 00:35:06.320
...aware that they form a convoy
that is up against it.

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:11.520
How many kilometres have we done
in approximately 14 hours?

00:35:11.560 --> 00:35:13.120
170 km.

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:15.960
Obstacle, after obstacle,
after obstacle.

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:18.520
Actually, in the last five hours...

00:35:18.560 --> 00:35:23.560
...we advanced
seven kilometres per hour.

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:26.320
Where are we?

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:32.160
On the border between the Trairão
area and the Jamanxi National Park.

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:37.640
There are two Conservation Units
in which entry is not allowed.

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:42.680
However, we walk on dirt roads.

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:46.880
These roads haven\'t been built
by the State or the town.

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:49.240
The loggers have built them.
LEONARDO KONRATH
HEAD OF OPERATIONS IN ICMBIO

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:54.680
You use the infrastructure built
by the loggers to surprise them.

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.720
Exactly.

00:35:55.920 --> 00:36:00.200
Just as you see destroyed trees
and felled spaces,...

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:02.280
...there are hidden flags,
what are they?

00:36:03.040 --> 00:36:07.760
Generally, there are people who
come before the trucks arrive...

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:13.200
...to signpost the trees whose
wood has some economic interest.

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:18.480
They go for the trees
that really give them money.

00:36:18.520 --> 00:36:19.520
Exactly.

00:36:19.560 --> 00:36:23.480
But they destroy everything else
that keeps them away from the tree.

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:25.600
They do not care
where the tree falls,...

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:29.440
...in its fall,
it knocks down other trees.

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:39.960
How many trucks go through here
every day filled with wood?

00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:44.280
We know that here, on average,
about ten trucks leave a day.

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:49.360
Each truck carries between
20 and 25 cubic metres of wood.

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:54.280
Do your enemies
have greater means than you?

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.400
Exactly.

00:36:56.440 --> 00:37:00.560
They have radio, mobile,
internet, they communicate nimbly.

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:05.680
When we move
to make an inspection,...

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:08.960
...they easily know
we are arriving.

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:13.000
It is difficult to establish
a strategy that surprises them.

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:16.920
Only with a helicopter
could we reach them.

00:37:17.520 --> 00:37:20.880
If we had a helicopter,
we could get to the place...

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:24.320
...where the trucks are
extracting wood, and act quickly.

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:28.960
They often fell other trees
that don\'t interest them...

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:34.440
...in front of our cars and,
as they do it, they go away...

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:39.840
...and we\'re left behind stuck with
the trees that they have cut down.

00:37:41.160 --> 00:37:43.520
Right now,
could you be being watched?

00:37:43.560 --> 00:37:45.920
Probably, probably.

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:48.480
Do you feel watched?

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:52.920
It is normal that we receive
phone calls with threats,...

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:55.960
...anonymous letters.

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.960
Letters that tell you what?

00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:01.960
They warn us that they can
shorten our lives any time.

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:05.760
We are an obstacle to them
carrying out their business.

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:02.120
It\'s very dangerous.

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:08.240
Someone came...

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.920
...on a motorcycle,...

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:15.280
...threw it here
and hid in the jungle.

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:20.960
And with the impotence
of knowing you lost the battle,...

00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:26.600
...the team knows that this time
they will not stop anyone either.

00:39:32.120 --> 00:39:33.480
SANTAREM BRAZIL

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:38.680
Brazil has many laws that,
theoretically,...

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:40.600
...should stop deforestation,...

00:39:40.640 --> 00:39:43.920
...encourage sustainable
natural resources.

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:47.600
The problem
is they are small tools...

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:51.000
...in a war against giants.

00:39:51.040 --> 00:39:54.960
All that surrounds us is material
confiscated in field operations.

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:59.600
This wood for many people
are money, they are business.

00:39:59.640 --> 00:40:00.640
And for you?

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:05.920
The corpse of a war
that is not near the end.

00:40:06.640 --> 00:40:09.800
It is increasingly exacerbated.
MARÍA LUIZA GONÇALVEZ
COORDINATOR AND PROSECUTOR OF IBAMA

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:12.240
Something needs to be done.

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:17.960
Is the equipment of IBAMA
in Amazon enough?

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:19.760
No, it\'s not enough.

00:40:20.560 --> 00:40:24.640
Within IBAMA, very few inspectors
want to work in the Amazon,...

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:30.400
...mainly because of danger and the
implicit violence in our activity.

00:40:31.600 --> 00:40:36.760
Our plane has been sabotaged,
we have been shot several times.

00:40:37.520 --> 00:40:42.640
Threats are increasingly strong
against the inspectors.

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:47.680
They say \"you are going to die\".

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:51.720
They write on the vans:
\"Four more dead\".

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:55.760
Videos on the Internet,
on Facebook, WhatsApp...

00:40:57.200 --> 00:41:01.600
\"It will stop when she has a bullet
in her head\", \"she has to go\".

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:04.320
Were you scared?

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:06.960
No, because I take precautions.

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:11.080
I\'m armed. I have a gun,
calibre 40,...

00:41:11.120 --> 00:41:14.280
I am aware that if I ever have
to shoot, I will.

00:41:14.560 --> 00:41:16.040
It did it before.

00:41:16.600 --> 00:41:20.960
Between my life and another\'s...
A weapon is useful, I\'m armed.

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:24.760
If I have received threats,
it is because, in fact,...

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:28.440
...we have disturbed
who we should.

00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:35.120
I\'m not scared, I\'m even stronger,
but I am much more attentive.

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:40.240
As you tell it, it makes me think
about the war against drugs.

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:45.720
Environmental crime uses similar
tools to those of drug trafficking.

00:41:47.040 --> 00:41:49.640
It gives more benefit
and has fewer risks.

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:54.360
Environmental crime
has less offensive potential,...

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:58.760
...from two to four years in prison
and a basic fine.

00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:00.240
It\'s worth it.

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.960
\"Before IBAMA arrives...

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:06.640
I\'ll raise 100 heads of cattle
that will pay this.\"

00:42:06.680 --> 00:42:08.040
So they feel unpunished...

00:42:08.080 --> 00:42:14.080
...because a cubic metre of oak
gives 1,300 reais.

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:18.720
...and a tree has four or five
cubic metres, just one tree.

00:42:23.560 --> 00:42:28.480
It moves a lot of money and,
besides, it does not pay taxes.

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:33.360
Those people, who make the most
money, are they in the country?

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:39.200
In São Paulo, in Rio de Janeiro,
in the Legislative Chamber.

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:43.640
They have a high power of influence
and have earned lots of money...

00:42:43.680 --> 00:42:47.120
...with territorial speculation
and environmental crime.

00:42:47.560 --> 00:42:51.400
Why are there no public policies...

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:54.240
...against mining
and environmental crime?

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:57.760
They are important
people with interests.

00:42:57.840 --> 00:43:01.840
The IBAMA is federal,
but one part works here in Pará,...

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:05.320
...does the Secretary
of Environment support you?

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:09.680
States are more concerned about
giving licenses because they raise.

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:12.960
In fact, inspecting
only means complications.

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:16.320
Whenever we take action
against the sawmills,...

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:21.520
...we closed 30 or 40, we suffer
a very strong political pressure.

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:26.320
\"No, you have to free it,
it\'s progress, the economy...\".

00:43:26.600 --> 00:43:28.960
Today we are working
without police.

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:31.960
The police that were with us
were from the State.

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:34.160
It is political pressure.

00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:37.800
That endangers the lives of people,
your lives.

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:40.960
But it won\'t stop
because the police were removed.

00:43:43.600 --> 00:43:46.120
BELEM
BRAZIL

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:56.920
LUIS FERNANDES ROCHA
SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENT OF PARÁ

00:44:04.520 --> 00:44:07.120
There are national
and international reports...

00:44:07.160 --> 00:44:10.480
...that say that almost 80%
of the wood exported...

00:44:10.520 --> 00:44:14.960
...by Brazil and the Amazon
is illegal.

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:16.600
It is wrong information.

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:20.320
This year, until September,...

00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:23.600
...we seized up to
40,000 cubic metres of wood.

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:26.600
If 40,000 cubic metres of wood
were seized,...

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:29.960
...how much of the wood
is not confiscated?

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:32.720
There may be more coming out,...

00:44:34.640 --> 00:44:37.440
...but I believe that,
since 2015 until now,...

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:43.200
...more than 90 members of criminal
organizations have been arrested.

00:44:44.680 --> 00:44:48.600
It is possible that a businessman
has a legalized area,...

00:44:49.200 --> 00:44:53.200
...to extract wood and he extracts
wood from another illegal area...

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:58.480
...and then whitens this wood
with the license of the legal area.

00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:01.600
It is possible,
but it is getting harder.

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:06.440
There are cases,
but today it is very difficult...

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.960
...thanks to our control system...

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:11.840
...as, in addition to it, we have
the control over the internet.

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:17.880
Is it expensive
to attack the environment?

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:21.960
I\'d say it had been cheaper,
today it is more expensive...

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:25.600
...because we work
on several fronts,

00:45:25.640 --> 00:45:29.160
...not only in surveillance
and seizure...

00:45:29.200 --> 00:45:33.920
...but in the civil part of damage
repair and criminal responsibility.

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:40.360
The crime will take years
to disappear,...

00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:44.080
...but impunity
has been greatly reduced.

00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:48.440
The technological deployment
is impressive,...

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:51.160
...but takes long to monitor,...

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:55.640
...localize, give the information,
and take action...

00:45:57.240 --> 00:45:59.640
That depends
on the operative part...

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:04.480
...but mainly in cases
where there is a focus,...

00:46:04.520 --> 00:46:09.280
...the action is almost immediate,
we work very fast.

00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:13.440
We\'ve heard people who are part
of federal agencies...

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:18.320
...complaining that
the state has not supported...

00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:21.200
...the operations they claimed,...

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:23.960
...even asking
for police support,...

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:27.000
...that the police
in the area disappeared,...

00:46:27.080 --> 00:46:28.440
...how can this happen?

00:46:29.400 --> 00:46:31.560
I\'m not aware
of that lack of support,...

00:46:32.520 --> 00:46:35.800
...even in this centre
there is a specific room...

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:39.960
...and we invited IBAMA
to participate in the operations.

00:46:41.240 --> 00:46:47.160
Some mayors or politicians
are loggers or miners,...

00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:50.600
...is it possible to take care
of the land...

00:46:50.640 --> 00:46:53.640
...when they have
their own interests?

00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:58.840
That is one of the great objectives
of the Government; transparency.

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:04.280
Today, it is quickly detected...

00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:07.240
...and that ends up
inhibiting them.

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:10.200
Many people are direct witnesses...

00:47:10.240 --> 00:47:12.960
...and yet they don\'t dare
to denounce...

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:16.320
...for fear of reprisals
because they are even threatened.

00:47:17.040 --> 00:47:21.000
There are mechanisms
for these people...

00:47:21.040 --> 00:47:24.040
...to report
without being identified.

00:47:24.080 --> 00:47:25.200
When calling 181,...

00:47:25.240 --> 00:47:30.240
...even if the person
wants to be identified, he cannot.

00:47:30.720 --> 00:47:35.320
Are you aware that right now there
are people threatened in the State?

00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:37.000
No.

00:47:44.840 --> 00:47:46.840
ALESANDRA KORAP
MUNDURUKU WARRIOR

00:47:58.040 --> 00:48:00.000
We felt very threatened,...

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:05.640
...because before we could go
anywhere to go hunting,...

00:48:06.600 --> 00:48:10.400
...but today the Government has set
limits without consulting us:

00:48:12.640 --> 00:48:15.440
\"Private area\",
and there you cannot step.

00:48:16.640 --> 00:48:20.040
They give land
to the great soybean growers.

00:48:20.080 --> 00:48:23.440
For development... They say.

00:48:25.160 --> 00:48:28.680
But what development ends
with the river and the jungle?

00:48:29.200 --> 00:48:31.480
What are white men for you?

00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:36.760
White men are a very big problem
for the indigenous.

00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:42.840
You, those who live
in a distant country,...

00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:47.920
...say that you do not eat meat,...

00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:50.520
...that you eat soy.

00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:55.800
You need to know
that behind these crops...

00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:57.960
...there is a huge slaughter.

00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:02.560
Many people have been killed
by soy growers and by landowners.

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:07.920
The history of this food is full
of indigenous blood of Brazil.

00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:10.320
Do you think the world knows?

00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:12.400
I don\'t.

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:17.560
The river is sick;
the jungle is asking for help.

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:21.640
There are still people
who cut a tree...

00:49:23.240 --> 00:49:25.520
...to make a beautiful table.

00:49:27.560 --> 00:49:28.760
You stole fruit,...

00:49:30.760 --> 00:49:31.960
...shade,...

00:49:32.680 --> 00:49:34.480
...food from the birds.

00:49:36.040 --> 00:49:39.560
You took oxygen from the world,
it is absurd.

00:49:40.320 --> 00:49:44.160
How can you tear a tree
that works for everyone?

00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:48.840
When you see what
has already been destroyed,...

00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:53.000
...how do you feel?

00:49:53.600 --> 00:49:56.360
Sometimes I feel
hatred towards people,...

00:49:57.760 --> 00:49:58.920
white people,...

00:50:01.240 --> 00:50:04.960
...towards foreigners
who come to exploit this place.

00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:10.720
I am a small woman,
but I have a big heart...

00:50:11.520 --> 00:50:15.280
...to fight
and defend the little ones.

00:50:16.640 --> 00:50:18.960
Because this is our house,...

00:50:19.720 --> 00:50:24.520
...those who rule here are us,
those who rule the jungle are us.

00:50:24.760 --> 00:50:27.600
We are indigenous
peoples, it is our home.

00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:30.840
Not anyone coming from cities...

00:50:33.560 --> 00:50:36.840
...who says we can\'t be here
because this is now theirs.

00:50:37.360 --> 00:50:43.000
It is a lack of respect,
as if we did not have feelings.

00:50:50.600 --> 00:50:54.640
I would like to tell the Chinese,
the Spaniards,...

00:50:54.680 --> 00:50:56.960
...the Germans,
the Canadians, the Austrians,...

00:50:57.000 --> 00:51:02.320
...all the developed countries,
that we have a life here.

00:51:04.680 --> 00:51:07.240
Before thinking
about material goods,...

00:51:10.240 --> 00:51:12.040
...think about us too.

00:51:13.240 --> 00:51:16.160
We only ask one thing:
leave us alone.

00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:20.680
Do not bring big projects
to destroy our territories.

00:51:21.520 --> 00:51:23.400
Your projects are death.

00:51:24.360 --> 00:51:27.880
The projects that you bring here
are killing us.

00:51:29.200 --> 00:51:32.640
You want to kill us,
but you will not get it...

00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:39.000
...because we are women,
we are the Munduruku people,...

00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:41.160
...we are warriors...

00:51:41.200 --> 00:51:44.080
...and we are going to fight
for our territory.