Brazil

General data about Indigenous Lands in Brazil

799

In Brazil

157

Identification studies

36

Identified

71

Declared

535

Homologated or Reservated

13%

Of Brazil

Peoples 283
Population in ILs 690378
Languages and dialects 154
News 60707

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Where are?

The Indigenous Lands are found in the different Brazilian legal jurisdictions.

Indigenous Lands by Legal Jurisdiction

Legal Jurisdiction Lands Area (ha) % of total
Amazônia Legal 457 115,844,417 57
Domínio Mata Atlântica 251 909,567 31
Outros 91 1,209,928 11
Total 799 117,963,912 100

Indigenous Lands by State

US Lands Total of ILs area (ha)
AC 36 2,574,185.13
AL 13 27,640.84
AM 176 45,800,173.04
AP 6 1,191,137.48
BA 34 323,246.64
CE 10 21,480.56
DF 1 N/A
ES 3 18,373.95
GO 7 38,111.22
MA 24 2,459,219.25
MG 19 132,033.87
MS 68 902,881.29
MT 90 15,110,934.77
PA 69 31,364,009.62
PB 4 33,788.63
PE 19 205,606.34
PI 3 2,440.00
PR 32 125,037.85
RJ 6 4,674.45
RN 1 N/A
RO 31 5,024,379.84
RR 35 10,381,053.60
RS 61 113,320.50
SC 29 98,710.53
SE 2 4,412.20
SP 35 73,960.36
TO 13 2,597,951.45
Note: Some ILs can have their area under more than one state, so the number of ILs presented for each state can not be summed.

Pressures and Threats

Deforestation

Deforestation is one of the main threats to Indigenous Lands. The ranking below bringsthe ten most deforested ILs in the Legal Amazon in the year of analysis. Click on the legend of the graph and compare deforestation year by year with the percentage of the area preserved in each Indigenous Land.

Click in the graph subtitle and compare the deforestation year by year with the rate preserved on each Indigenous Land.

Hotspots

The increase in the forest and grasslands fires is a constant threat to the Indigenous Lands, especially in the Cerrado (the Brazilian Savanna) and Amazon.

Mining

Mining Applications

A mineração é uma atividade altamente impactante que pode contaminar os cursos dágua, o solo e a fauna e a flora. Por isso, mesmo não sendo permitida em Terras Indígenas, as pretensões de exploração minerária são ameaças constantes às Terras Indígenas e aos povos que neles vivem.

The 10 more Indigenous Lands with

Main applicants

Main applicants Total amount Total Process Area (ha) Total Area in ILs (ha)
MINERACAO SILVANA INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO LTDA 35 19,681.19 6,296.25
COOPERATIVA DOS GARIMPEIROS DA AMAZONIA - COOGAM 17 99,451.08 23,169.05
13 5,796.54 4,633.07
LUIZ SILVA de SOUSA 10 500.05 500.05
C R ALMEIDA SA ENGENHARIA E CONSTRUÇÕES 9 517.90 361.48
ACAI INVESTIMENTOS E PARTICIPACOES LTDA 8 74,252.89 48,442.11
RIO TINTO DESENVOLVIMENTOS MINERAIS LTDA 7 1,513.64 554.62
ARMANDO SOUZA FILHO 7 124.28 21.89
COMPANHIA de PESQUISA de RECURSOS MINERAIS CPRM 7 16,070.76 12,461.43
FRANK GEORGES GUIMARAES CRUZ 7 1,771.16 499.19

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Lands with more requested area

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