Apyterewa - Marabá no Pará

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Brazil's indigenous from Apyterewa nation, whose land is affected by cattle ranchers, stand behind a fence in their land in the Amazon jungle close to Maraba, in Brazil's central state of Para in this May 3, 2009 file photo. Soon thousands of cows will be chewing pasture on the freshly cleared land in Brazil's Amazon state of Para, just a tiny part of Brazil's 200-million-strong commercial cattle herd, the world's biggest, that makes it a beef superpower. More than 70 million are in the Amazon area, three for every person. This is where the industry has grown fastest in recent years, a trend activists say is due to cheap land, widespread illegal clearing and weak government enforcement. Picture taken May 3, 2009. To match feature AMAZON-CATTLE/ REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
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Published: June 01, 2009
Maraba, Brazil
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The painted body of an indigenous Brazilian from Apyterewa nation, whose land is affected by cattle ranchers, is seen in the Amazon jungle close to Maraba, in Brazil's central state of Para in this May 3, 2009, file photo. Soon thousands of cows will be chewing pasture on the freshly cleared land in Brazil's Amazon state of Para, just a tiny part of Brazil's 200-million-strong commercial cattle herd, the world's biggest, that makes it a beef superpower. More than 70 million are in the Amazon area, three for every person. This is where the industry has grown fastest in recent years, a trend activists say is due to cheap land, widespread illegal clearing and weak government enforcement. Picture taken May 3, 2009. To match feature AMAZON-CATTLE/ REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Created: June 01, 2009 00:39:07
Published: June 01, 2009
Maraba, Brazil
An aerial view of confined cattle in an industrial beef-processing farm is seen in Maraba, in Brazil's central state of Para in these May 4, 2009, file photo. Soon thousands of cows will be chewing pasture on the freshly cleared land in Brazil's Amazon state of Para, just a tiny part of Brazil's 200-million-strong commercial cattle herd, the world's biggest, that makes it a beef superpower. More than 70 million are in the Amazon area, three for every person. This is where the industry has grown fastest in recent years, a trend activists say is due to cheap land, widespread illegal clearing and weak government enforcement. Picture taken May 4, 2009. To match feature AMAZON-CATTLE/ REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)


Cattle rest in deforested jungle near Maraba, in Brazil's central state of Para in this May 3, 2009, file photo. Soon thousands of cows will be chewing pasture on the freshly cleared land in Brazil's Amazon state of Para, just a tiny part of Brazil's 200-million-strong commercial cattle herd, the world's biggest, that makes it a beef superpower. More than 70 million are in the Amazon area, three for every person. This is where the industry has grown fastest in recent years, a trend activists say is due to cheap land, widespread illegal clearing and weak government enforcement. Picture taken May 3, 2009. To match feature AMAZON-CATTLE/ REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
A gaucho herds cattle and horses down a road in an Amazonian deforested jungle close to Maraba, in Brazil's central state of Para in this May 3, 2009 file photo. Soon thousands of cows will be chewing pasture on the freshly cleared land in Brazil's Amazon state of Para, just a tiny part of Brazil's 200-million-strong commercial cattle herd, the world's biggest, that makes it a beef superpower. More than 70 million are in the Amazon area, three for every person. This is where the industry has grown fastest in recent years, a trend activists say is due to cheap land, widespread illegal clearing and weak government enforcement. Picture taken May 3, 2009. To match feature AMAZON-CATTLE/ REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)


An aerial view of an Amazonian deforested jungle close to Maraba, in Brazil's central state of Para in this May 3, 2009 file photo. Soon thousands of cows will be chewing pasture on the freshly cleared land in Brazil's Amazon state of Para, just a tiny part of Brazil's 200-million-strong commercial cattle herd, the world's biggest, that makes it a beef superpower. More than 70 million are in the Amazon area, three for every person. This is where the industry has grown fastest in recent years, a trend activists say is due to cheap land, widespread illegal clearing and weak government enforcement. Picture taken May 3, 2009. To match feature AMAZON-CATTLE/ REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)



One village in the Amazon has become tired of being a curiosity to the outside world and banned tourists
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Colombian Amazon village bans prying tourists
Created: March 13, 2011 03:58:26

Published: March 13, 2011
Nazareth, Colombia
Remigio Santos, an old man of the Ticuna ethnic group, looks for medicinal plants in San Marti­n de Amacayacu, a town located in the Amazon region of Colombia. One village in the Amazon has become tired of being a curiosity to the outside world, and the indigenous people have banned tourists.

by: Mayela Lopez © 2011 AFP
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