The conflict over land has been a battle in Brazil ever since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago. The beneficiaries of the conquest, often huge landowners, encroach the forests and resist the demarcation of territory to Indians. A testament to their influence is the fact that less than half of the 559 indigenous communities have had land officially allocated to them. One of the last tribes to be found is the Yanonami group, deep in the heart of the Amazon, near the Venezuelan border. This is enough reason to keep them isolated from the rest.
Territory previously allocated is no longer sufficient to sustain some traditional tribes.
But again, I don t see it as a kind of a unsolvable program and impossible to solve. No, I think it is possible to solve. It s only a matter to combine it with a policy to perfect the forest, because one thing that is clear also is that the most protected areas in the Amazon are endangered lands. Then it s a matter of combining the presence of this traditional population with the demarcation of areas that should be protected. And the Amazon Guardian will continuing monitoring the region until the end of July.