Arara indigenous chief Tatji Arara (left), 41, patrols with a rifle near the stump of an illegally logged tree on Arara indigenous land, in Para state, Brazil, on March 13. I've never seen anything like this," laments the 41-year-old, a leader of the Arara indigenous people in the northern state of Para. According to Para-based conservation group Imazon, deforestation in the Amazon increased 54 percent in January -- the first month Bolsonaro was in office -- as compared with a year earlier. (continues below)Arara indigenous chielf Motjibi, 43, stands next to a burned out truck as he patrols the Arara indigenous land, in Para state, Brazil on March 13. This invasion of any land, indigenous or not, is intolerable," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post April 24, 2019 03:49 UTC