Brazil's indigenous affairs agency Funai renewed a protection order on Friday for the 242,500-hectare (599,230-acre) area in western Mato Grosso state. But the renewed protection will last just six months, unlike the three-year extensions granted for the territory since 2008. Indigenous rights advocates had pressed for a three-year extension as in previous renewals. In July, federal prosecutor Pael got a court injunction for the eviction of farmers from the Piripkura land, the most deforested territory of any isolated or recently contacted Amazon people. Indigenous advocates worry that means an eventual extinction of protected territories in limbo, including the Piripkura land.

Source: The Star September 17, 2021 14:48 UTC