Text by: Tatiana Farah; translated by: Benjamin Blocksom. Photos by: Lilo Clareto |
12/04/16
Fish kills, mercury contamination, the extinction of known aquatic species (along with others still not known to science), plus the physical and economic ruin of indigenous and traditional river communities. These are among the reasons not to build a series of...
Text by: Tatiana Farah; translated by: Benjamin Blocksom. Photos by: Lilo Clareto |
21/12/15
As night falls on the Areia Homestead Project, forty kilometers from the town of Trairão, in the western portion of Pará state, the silence is cut short by the roar of approaching motorcycles. Armed men wearing hoods to conceal their identities ride up and circle...
By Guilherme Rosa; translated by Benjamin Blocksom |
21/12/15
Wearing a red-feathered headdress, torso painted in black swirls, with microphone in hand, chief Juarez Saw made a bold declaration: “The [Brazilian] government is coming here to get rid of everything — the natives, the forest and the river.” He was addressing 230...
Text by: Ana Aranha; translated by: Holly Holmes. Photos by: Márcio Isensee e Sá |
12/11/15
Gliding through the waters of the Xingu River in Pará, between white sand beaches and four-story trees, the contrast is intense when the boat approaches an island shrouded in smoke. The ground, covered by a thin layer of white powder, is still hot. There are no trees...
