Indigenous communities in the Amazon | Amazon under Threat

Duration: 2'55''

Synopsis

Since the election of Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil, the protected rainforest reserves of indigenous group Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau are being threatened by farming.

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