Estrada ilegal ameaça a Terra Indígena Awá, no Maranhão © Uirá Felipe Garcia, 2008.

Davi Yanomami (a esquerda), presidente da Hutukara Associação Yanomami e funcionário da Funai na manifestação para retirada dos fazendeiros da região do Ajarani, Terra Indígena Yanomami, Roraima.

A lrage part of the Amazone has been destroyed and transferred into farmland. The main crops being cultivated are soya, grass for cattle, and maize. Most of the crops are being used for the production of biofuel or exported to the Europe or US for animal