The ancestral homeland of Brazil’s Indigenous Tupinamba people is under
threat from greedy corporate logging interests.
The Tupinamba have a sure-fire plan to save their lands, but they need
your help today to pull it off. Will you chip in to protect their Amazon
homeland and way of life?
[1]Tupinamba child
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John,
For 500 years, Brazil’s Indigenous Tupinamba people have fought for their
land -- but the threats they face now could finally overwhelm them.
On top of out-of-control mining and slash-and-burn agriculture on their
ancestral lands, now a mega-logging company wants to clear-cut hundreds of
acres of Amazon rainforest to make a quick buck.
There's only one way the Tupinamba can stop this -- if they can file a
legal claim to their land with the federal government.
That means they'll be traveling across their territory, painstakingly
marking the borders of their land, kilometer by kilometer -- the only way
they can ensure their land has a chance at being protected.
But to do it they need to raise funds urgently to pay for provisions, GPS
equipment, boats to make the weeks-long journey along their borders and
campaigning to protect ancestral lands. They’re setting off in just a few
days -- and they need your help right now to make it.
Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card.
[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in
$1
to protect Indigenous lands from corporate greed?
In a just world, the Tupinamba people could turn to their government to
uphold their land claims and defend them against illegal corporate
incursions.
However, the pro-corporate, right-wing administration of Jair Bolsonaro
has declared an all-out assault on Indigenous land rights in the Amazon,
and logging, mining, and destructive agriculture have run rampant as a
result.
Faced with this challenge, the Tupinamba people are taking the protection
of their land into their own hands. They’re heading out deep into the
forest to mark out their territory and lay claim to the land with the
federal government.
This is time-consuming, tedious, and very expensive work -- but you can
help make it possible, John. Can you chip in today to fund
their expedition to map their territory and defend their homeland?
Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card.
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll chip in
$1
in solidarity with the Tupinamba people’s fight for their lands.
We know we can win this fight because you’ve done it before. SumOfUs
members like you donated to support Indigenous peoples in Canada fighting
to protect their lands from wide-scale spraying of the toxic pesticide
glyphosate, and together, we won.
With your donation today, you can help the Tupinamba people achieve a
massive victory in their fight to preserve their lands for future
generations to come. Claiming their boundary lines will force the
government to recognize their claims -- but it’s only possible with your
support.
Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card.
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$1
to stand up for Indigenous rights and defend the Tupinamba’s native lands.
Thanks for all that you do,
Will, Danny and the team at SumOfUs
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Hands Off the Amazon!, The Society for Threatened Peoples, retrieved 28
July 2020
[ [link removed] ]Brazil's Bolsonaro moves to free mining, hydro dams on indigenous
lands, Reuters, 5 February 2020
[ [link removed] ]Brazil indigenous protest new gov’t moves on their lands, Associated
Press, 5 February 2020
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