'These fires are now not just an environmental catastrophe, they're also potentially genocidal,' Survival International Director Stephen Corry said in a statement.
Fires in the Amazon rain forest are threatening the Awá people—an indigenous group non-profit group Survival International has described as the"most endangered tribe" in the world.
"To make it harder, they are stopping the indigenous fire department from combating the fires," Tainaky Tenetehar, 34, a coordinator for a volunteer indigenous force that patrols the reserve—known as Guardians of the Forest—toldEnvironmentalists are becoming increasingly concerned with the administration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, accusing the government of encouraging deforestation and emboldening those who want to exploit the forest for commercial gain.
After increasing international pressure, Bolsonaro issued a decree banning fires for 60 days in the Amazon. However, critics of the move say it will make little difference and is nothing more than a symbolic gesture. On the other side of Brazil, the reserve of the Uru Eu Wau Wau tribe—some of whom remain uncontacted—has also been ravaged by firesThe Guardian
"These fires are now not just an environmental catastrophe, they're also potentially genocidal," Survival International Director Stephen Corry."By encouraging the land invaders and ranchers who set these fires, President Bolsonaro is signing a death warrant for the uncontacted tribes whose homes are going up in flames. If their forest is destroyed, they simply won't survive.
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