Terra Indígena Caru

Area inhabited by Awa Guajá, Guajajara and Isolados dos Igarapés Presídio e Juruti.

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Peoples

779

Population in the IL

173 mil

Area (ha)

243

News

Legal situation Homologada
Legal jurisdiction Amazônia Legal
States (FS) MA
Isolated indigenous? Sim
Frontier Stripe? Não
Overlapping Areas 0

Map

Towns

Towns with incidence in this Indigenous Land

Towns - Terra Indígena Caru

# State (FS) Municipality Municipality Area (ha) IL area in the Municipality (ha) IL area in the Municipality (%)
1 MA Bom Jardim 659,053.10 171,063.86
99.07
2 MA São João do Carú 90,807.70 5,375.00
3.11

Territorial Rights

Official recognition stage: Homologada (Decreto 87.843 - )

Find out which is the stage off the official recognition processo of this land.

1 - Em Identificação
2 - Identificada
3 - Declarada
4 - Reservada
5 - Homologada
6 - Registrada no CRI e/ou SPU
7 - Restrição de uso
8 - Dominial Indígena
75% Finished

Homologada por Decreto 87.843 -

Legal history

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Related Normative Acts - Terra Indígena Caru

Document Stage Number Date Publication
Portaria Declarada 1.368/E 24/08/1982 16/09/1982
Portaria Homologada 36 15/01/2013 16/01/2013
Recomendação Homologada 478 12/11/2021 16/11/2021
Decreto Homologada 87.843 22/11/1982

Peoples and Demography

In accord with recent data 779 peoples living in this IL.

Peoples Linguistic family Language
Awa Guajá Tupi-Guarani Guajá
Guajajara Tupi-Guarani Tenetehara
Isolados dos Igarapés Presídio e Juruti
Year Population in the Indigenous Land Source
2022 779 IBGE
2018 400 Associação Wirazu
2003 136 Funai
2000 141 Funai/São Luís
1990 260 4º Suer/Funai

Environment

Fitofisionomia

Tipo de Cobertura Vegetal Cobertura (%)
Floresta Ombrófila Densa 47.19
Formações Pioneiras 52.81

Bacias Hidrográficas

Bacia Abrangência (%)
Mearim 100.00

Biomas

Bioma Cobertura (%)
Amazônia 100.00

Management

Distribution of the presence of the State through Funai and Sesai

National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESAI)
Regional Coordination Office (CR) Special Indigenous Health District (DSEI)
Maranhão coverage Maranhão (MA) coverage

Agents

Agent Type
Posto Awá FUNAI
Posto Tiracambu FUNAI

Indigenous Organizations

There are records of 6 Indigenous Organizations in the region

Name Acronym
Associação Arari
Associação de Pais e Mestres Indígenas Guajajara APMIG
Associação Indígena Comunitária Wirazu dos Índios Guajajara das Aldeias Maçaranduba, Santa Rita, Canaa, Nova Vida e Caru II
Associação Wiraju
Coordenação das Organizações e Articulações dos Povos Indígenas do Maranhão COAPIMA
Guerreiras da Floresta / Tenetehar Kuzá Gwer Wá

Projects with indigenous participation

There is no stored information about projects for Terra Indígena Caru.

Pressures and Threats

Threats to the environment and to the life of the indigenous peoples - Terra Indígena Caru.

Potential risks and existing problems

Category Type
Exploração de Recursos Caçador
Exploração de Recursos Madeireiro
Fundiário Posseiro
Fundiário Fazendeiro

Deforestation in the Legal Amazon

This subject present the deforestation data analysis made by the Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest Satellite Monitoring Project (Prodes) run by the National Institute of Space Research (INPE). The Prodes aims to map deforestation in forest areas of Legal.


Total identified of deforestation until year 2000: 7297 hectares
Total identified of deforestation until 2022: 16949 hectares

Hotspots

Area covered by the point: a hotspot indicates the existence of fire in one picture element (pixel), which varies from 1 km x 1 km to 5 km x 4 km. This pixel may contain one or several distinct fires, but these will be represented as a single spot. If a fire is very extensive, it will be detected by some neighbouring pixels: in other words, various hot spots will be associated with a single large fire.

Overlapping Areas

Não existem sobreposições desta Terra Indígena com Unidades de Conservação.

News

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