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‘Hope for Indigenous peoples’: An unexpected birth could bring this Amazon tribe back from the brink

With only three women left, the Akuntsu were decimated by a government-backed land grab in the Amazon.

Euronews · Mar 2

With only 3 women left, an Amazon tribe faced extinction. An unexpected birth now brings hope

Three women lived for years as the last members of the Akuntsu people, who were decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest in the 1970s and ‘80s

The Independent UK · Feb 27

Brazilian state's deforestation amnesty poses 'one of the greatest threats' to the Amazon

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest inside the Jaci-Parana conservation zone and turned it into pasture

The Independent UK · May 7, 2025

Brazil lawsuits link JBS to destruction of Amazon in protected area, seek millions in damages

In an unusual series of legal actions, Brazilian prosecutors have sued multinational meatpacker JBS and three smaller slaughterhouses for allegedly buying cattle directly from illegal ranches in a protected area

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023

Amazon governor revokes forest protection in re-election bid

In a last-minute effort to win reelection on Sunday, the governor of Rondonia, in the Brazilian Amazon, revoked the protected designation of a large swath of forest about twice the size of New York City

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

Life of the 'loneliest man in the world' who died alone covered in feathers

The tribesman was the last surviving member of his community after cruel cattle ranchers poisoned them as part of a land grab in Brazil's Rondonia State over 26 years ago, rights groups say

Daily Mirror · Sep 6, 2022

Last surviving tribesman of his community who burrowed deep into Amazon found dead

The tribesman was the last surviving member of his community after cruel cattle ranchers poisoned them as part of a land grab in Brazil's Rondonia State over 25 years ago, rights groups say

Daily Mirror · Aug 29, 2022