How a Brazilian chief is staving off Amazon destruction
Sunday, 20 April 2025 () Metuktire, Brasil (AFP) April 2, 2025
You don't need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon's most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire. As you approach his Capoto/Jarina Indigenous territory in Mato Grosso state, large single-crop farms of soybean or maize give way to lush, verdant rainforest. This is the epicenter of a half-century battle led by the globe-trotting activist against illegal miners and loggers
Sunday, 20 April 2025 ()
Metuktire, Brasil (AFP) April 2, 2025