In the Brazilian Amazon, the uncontacted Kawahiva Indigenous people are fighting for their survival. A long history of invasions has forced them to live on the run, fleeing violence from loggers and ranchers.
Attacks and disease killed have already killed many, and their genocide will be complete unless their land is protected.
For decades, Survival has been campaigning for the Kawahiva’s territory to be recognized.
In 2016, following pressure from thousands of supporters around the world, the Justice Ministry took a very important step and declared the Kawahiva’s forest an Indigenous Territory. But the land demarcation process has since been paralyzed following fierce opposition by politicians and agribusiness.
Now, Brazil's Indigenous Affairs Agency FUNAI has promised to complete the Kawahiva demarcation by the end of the year.
The demarcation is more urgent than ever: the local government is planning to pave a highway that passes just 3km from the entrance of the Kawahiva territory.
Write to FUNAI and key government officials urging them to finish the demarcation by the end of 2025.
Your email will be sent to Brazil's President and relevant ministers:
Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (President, Government of Brazil)
Sra. Joenia Wapichana (President of FUNAI, Government of Brazil)
Ministra Sonia Guajajara (Minister of Indigenous Peoples)
