Brazil

General data about Indigenous Lands in Brazil

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In Brazil

15

Fowarded/RI

167

Identification studies

45

Identified

71

Declared

540

Homologated or Reservated

14,8%

Of Brazil

Peoples
Population in ILs
Languages and dialects 154
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Name Legal jurisdiction Area (ha) Population Current situation

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 477 124,704,537 57
Domínio Mata Atlântica 262 955,556 31
Outros 99 1,177,518 12
Total 838 126,837,611 100

Indigenous Lands by State

US Lands Total of ILs area (ha)
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.