On August 8, 2023, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) sent a recommendation to federal and state authorities regarding measures to protect, promote and defend indigenous peoples and quilombola, riverine, peasant and agro-extractivist populations in Pará state.
The struggle for land in northeast Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon
In the region of the Acará River Valley, in Pará state, the Tembé and Turiwara indigenous peoples and quilombola and peasant communities are fighting to take back part of the territory they traditionally held. Monoculture oil palm plantations owned by Brasil BioFuels (BBF) and Agropalma, as well as ore pipelines owned by Norsk Hydro and Imerys, have invaded their territories and threaten to take over even more land. The struggle of these peoples and communities is not just for territory; it is a struggle to reverse a history of oppression and injustice. Today, they denounce the structural violence they face and the omission of the State.