Dear [email protected],

Following on from Uncontacted Tribes Week, we’ve had some fantastic news from
Brazil that we wanted to share – it’s the actions of people like you that have
made this possible.

An Indigenous territory whose name, Ituna Itatá, means “Smell of Fire,” has just
been officially protected for three years, after the authorities bowed to pressure to renew its Land Protection Order.

These Orders shield uncontacted tribes’ territories that have not yet completed
the long process of formal recognition.

However, President Bolsonaro’s government is doing all it can either to stop
these Orders being renewed, or to renew them for just 6 months at a time.

Why? Because they’re in the crosshairs of his agribusiness allies, who are
encouraging the invasion of the rainforest for beef production, mining, logging
and land-grabbing.

And Ituna Itatá is one of the most threatened and vulnerable of these
territories. In fact, a plot was uncovered earlier this year to open up the
territory and suppress evidence of the very existence of the uncontacted tribe
living there.

So the news that the Ituna Itatá Land Protection Order has just been renewed for
three years, in spite of the powerful forces hell bent on opening it up, is
hugely encouraging.

It wouldn’t have happened without the constant lobbying of our Indigenous and
non-Indigenous friends and allies in Brazil, and of people like you.

Of course, the people living in Ituna Itatá will never know of the thousands of
emails that Survival supporters have sent to the Brazilian authorities.

And the fight is far from over – there are many invaders still inside this
territory, and the other uncontacted tribes’ territories, and this success comes
against the backdrop of a relentless, unprecedented, assault on Indigenous
peoples’ rights in Brazil.

But this is a really significant victory, which will make a huge difference in
the fight, so from all of us at Survival – thank you!

Best wishes,

Jade Bridgwood
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