Facebook Twitter Pinterest Maria Leusa Munduruku organised a women’s association that is demarcating their territory and evicting illegal occupants. In the Amazon, deforestation rates inside indigenous territory are two to three times lower than outside of them. Photograph: Rosamaria LourdesShe says some Munduruku men feel they have no choice but to accept a cut of the profits, which they squander on alcohol, drugs and prostitutes. But where the women’s association is strong – on the Cururu and Anipiri rivers – the water is still clean. She has also taken the fight – along with her baby – to the capital, Brasília, where she compared the forest to a mother: “Because of the government, our forest is shedding tears.

Source: The Guardian December 21, 2019 15:01 UTC