Aerial view of an area of 739 hectares of illegally burned Amazonian forest. This area of the forest is part of the Protected Indian Protected Landscape TI Cachoeira Seca that belongs to the Arara peoples. To deforest such a zone, 20 people and 6 sawchain work on site at 1000 reais per bushel for 2 months. The illegal work commissioned by farmers of the region, friends who would share the land. A runway is already ready to sow the seeds of pasture before the rainy weather arrives. A fine of one million two hundred thousand reais is envisaged for this type of environmental crime, but cases like that normally ends up by the farmer paying the sum of 5000 Reais in 5 parcels of 1000. Between the farmers who burned this forest, one is son of a local deputy.
La zone residentielle urbaine RUC Jatoba à Altamira. Les zones residentielles urbaines ont été contruite lors de la construction de l'usine hydroéléctrique Belo Monte pour heberger les populations qui vivaient aux bords du fleuve Xingu, qu'à été innondé par la construction du barrage. Les maisons contruites aux RUCS sont prouvés etre de très mauvaise qualité en plus d'etre situé à plusieurs quilometres du bord des l'eau, en contracdition complète au style de vie de la population locale. Les RUCs sont aussi des zones de grande violence car les grandes gangues de trafique de drogue y cooptent leur trafficants.
Mr Pirulito at his home in the town of Ressaca, on the banks of Altamira. Mr. Pirulito and his under-age colleagues face the threat of the installation of the Canadian mining company BeloSan. The town of Ressaca is placed exactly on a huge geographic plate of hundreds of tons of gold where BeloSan intend to dig a hole of 30km X 80km to remove the metal. For this, the small miners and the 300 families that live there would be moved to another place. The proximity of the area to the hydroelectric dam of Belo Monte frightens the environmental specialists. The installation of such a work and industry could cause serious ecological damage in the Xingu region.
Mr. Djalma Alves dos Santos, in front of a tree that felt after a storm. Having arrived in Altamira in the 70s, Mr. Djalma has deforested himself his own farm. What used to be a dense forest is today almost 2000 hectares of land that belongs to Djalma.
The young warriors of the indian nation Xikrin make guard before entering the forest to see a deforested area of their land at the Indian Protected Area Trincheira Bacaja. Painted in traditional paint of warrior, the Xikrin aim to show their fight against illegal loggers in their land. They are the biggest indian ethnic group of the region, but they are not being able to control or fight against loggers. Trincheira Bacaja has been strongly deforestated as it is located very close to the biggest region on the cattle farms of Amazonia. The Xikrin are also suffering from water problems due to the construction of the Belo Monte Dam.
The indigenous youth of the Xikrin ethnic population read the Bible translated into the Xikrin language. The evangelization of indigenous peoples has already become part of the reality of the Xingu region and elsewhere in the Amazon. suddenly, the Indian villages no longer have the representation of Pajes, old people of the village who had the knowledge of plants and contacts with traditional cultures.
Cowboys and handymen report to Ibama and the Nacional Force the path in the forest to reach an illegal deforestation zone that was burned two days before. Murderers are very common in the region. People are used to constantly deaths and threatens, living afraid to talk freely in the region. Human rights are not respected, as it is not the law.
Vu sur un champs de 739 hectares de forêt Amazonienne illegalement brulée. Cette zone de la forêt fait partie de la resèrve protegée Indigènne TI Cachoeira Seca qu'appartient aux peuples Arara. Pour deforester une telle zone, 20 personnes et 6 tronsoneuses travaillent sur place à 1000 reais par boisseau pendant 2 mois. Le travail illegale à été commandé par Preto et Wagsmar Carneiro et deux autres amis fermiers qu'allaient partager le terre. Une piste d'avion est deja prete à venir semer les graines de paturage avant les que les temps des pluies arrivent. Une amande d'envieront un million deux cents mil reais est prévue pour ce type de crime, mais dans la region des cas comme celui la ont finit par payer la somme de 5000 reais en 5 parcelelles de 1000. Entre les fermiers qu'ont brule cette foret, un est fils d'un deputé locale. champs de 739 hectares de forêt Amazonienne illegalement brulée. Cette zone de la forêt fait partie de la resèrve protegée Indigènne TI Cachoeira Seca qu'appartient aux peuples Arara. Pour deforester une telle zone, 20 personnes et 6 tronsoneuses travaillent sur place à 1000 reais par boisseau pendant 2 mois. Le travail illegale à été commandé par Preto et Wagsmar Carneiro et deux autres amis fermiers qu'allaient partager le terre. Une piste d'avion est deja prete à venir semer les graines de paturage avant les que les temps des pluies arrivent. Une amande d'envieront un million deux cents mil reais est prévue pour ce type de crime, mais dans la region des cas comme celui la ont finit par payer la somme de 5000 reais en 5 parcelelles de 1000. Entre les fermiers qu'ont brule cette foret, un est fils d'un deputé locale.
Young men residents of the Centro de Renovaçao Resgatando Vidas, an Association to recuperate chemical dependents and drug dealers in Altamira. Coming from drug traffic gangs and chemical dependents, young men come here to treat themselves and find a new life. Created by the evangelical Leandro Marcos Machado, 43, also former trafficant and chemical dependent, the Association recovers wood taken by the police on illegal deforestation to guide young people into carpentry work. Altamira lives under a fight between the two biggest drug gangs in the country. Violence is rising very fast and the city is now the second most violent of the country. Altamira, Para, 2019
Dead trees in one of the ancient islands formed by the geography of the Xingu River. The construction of the dam completely flooded many of these islands and their vegetation is dead by the excess of water.
The fisherman Raimundo da Silva Gomes, 53 works the wire of his fishing net in front of his brother Edson, in the urban residential area RUC Jatoba in Altamira. Urban residential areas were built during the construction of the Belo Monte hydropower plant to house the people living on the banks of the Xingu River, which was flooded. Houses built with RUCS are proven to be of very poor quality in addition to being located at several kilometres of the edge of the water. Given that he is at a distance of 30km from his house, to practice his trade, Mr. Gomes must make an appointment and call a driver of the electric company Norte Energia.
A solitary chestnut between the pastures of a farm where was before Amazonian forest. In 1970 the dictatorial government called the population to come to occupy the Amazon and to clear 50% of their land. Today several farms are already installed in the region. Without having checked and recorded the occupations of the 1970s, more than 60% of Para's land is unregistered on behalf of its occupants, who do not pay taxes, raise cattle and still deforest without identification.
Camignon chargé de deux troncs de chataigner illegalement coupé dans la foret. Au Brésil le chataigner est une arbre protegée par la loi.
A small evangelical family walks towards the church in the streets of the urban residential area RUC Jatoba.
An electric power antenna made as the city monument and lookout in the city of Altamira. Since the creation of Belo Monte, the population of Altamira has been living around the business and directly dependent on the electrical company Norte Energia, which has decisive powers over several sectors of the society. The damm has been proved to produce less energy then it was expected. International energy companies, as the Chinese, are investing in the businnes.
Mr Pirulito shows the last gold nugget in the town of Ressaca, on the banks of Altamira. Mr. Pirulito and his under-age colleagues face the threat of the installation of the Canadian mining company BeloSan. The town of Ressaca is placed exactly on a huge geographic plate of hundreds of tons of gold where BeloSan intend to dig a hole of 30km X 80km to remove the metal. For this, the small miners and the 300 families that live there would be moved to another place. The proximity of the area to the hydroelectric dam of Belo Monte frightens the environmental specialists. The installation of such a work and industry could cause serious ecological damage in the Xingu region.
The fisherman Raimundo da Silva Gomes, 53 works the thread of his fishing net at his brother's house in the urban residential area RUC Jatoba in Altamira. Urban residential areas were built during the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant to house the people who used to live on the banks of the Xingu River, which was flooded. Houses built with RUCS are proven to be of very poor quality in addition to being located at several kilometres of the edge of the water. The river bank is in a distance of 30km from his house. To practice his trade, M Gomes must make an appointment with the driver of the electric company Norte Energia to be driven to fish. The water is polluted and several species of fishes disapeared. Fishermen and women are suffering several desease and depression since they were moved to these urban areas. Their kids are coopted to work in the drug war of the most big drug gangs of the country.
The new part of the Altamira Cemetery recently created and already filled up with graves. Most of them are tombs of the young people born o, the 90s. Most of them died on drug trafficking in the region. Altamira is one of the main drug traffic drop-offs in Brazil. The drug comes from Bolivia and stops in Altamira before to be send to French Guiana by boat from the port of Vitoria do Xingu, 40km from Altamira. 6 million reais a month are made by the drug trade in Altamira.The youth, formed by the children of ancient fishermen who used to live by the river, are now installed on the suburbs of the city, far from their homeland, and are the first to be co-opted by the traffic gangs.
Les cendres des arbres dans un champs de 739 hectares de forêt Amazonienne illegalement brulée. Une couche d'envieront 10 cm des cendres ont été formé par les feux. Cette zone de la forêt fait partie de la resèrve protegée Indigènne TI Cachoeira Seca qu'appartient aux peuples Arara. Pour deforester une telle zone, 20 personnes et 6 tronsoneuses travaillent sur place à 1000 reais par boisseau pendant 2 mois. Le travail illegale à été commandé par Preto et Wagsmar Carneiro et deux autres amis fermiers qu'allaient partager le terre. Une piste d'avion est deja prete à venir semer les graines de paturage avant les que les temps des pluies arrivent. Une amande d'envieront un million deux cents mil reais est prévue pour ce type de crime, mais dans la region des cas comme celui la ont finit par payer la somme de 5000 reais en 5 parcelelles de 1000. Entre les fermiers qu'ont brule cette foret, un est fils d'un deputé locale.
Juma Xipaya, a 27, is a Xipaya indigenous activist, who was the first Cacique woman (chief of the indigenous village) in Brazil. Student of medicine, Juma has also studied Rights and engaged herself in a strong opposition to corruption and in defence of Indigenous Rights. Threatened to death due to the denounces she has suffered two car accidents and a poisoning for denouncing the corruption between Norte Energia, NGOs and some of the Indians in the city. Juma is treating her self from an alimentary poisoning she suffered in October 2019. Living under high vigilance, she can not eat out home or accept any food from strangers. Altamira, Para, 2019
Livestock on a farm in Altamira with dry and exhausted pasture. The business farms for fatting veals are growing fast in the region. With the introduction of soja and other seeds production in the areas where used to be cattle ranchings, further down Altamira, the farmers are moving north. In Amazonia 60% of farmers do not have legal papers of their land.