SURVIVAL
Brazil has just three months to evict illegal loggers from land belonging to Earth’s most threatened tribe before it will be in breach of a court order, but Survival International can reveal that logging is still rife inside the territory.
The clock is now ticking for Brazil’s government, which has had years to tackle the problem.
Last December 9th, a judge ruled that a deadline of one year was ‘sufficient time for non-Indians to be removed, and the constructions built on Awá land undone.’
However, just last week shocking evidence emerged showing that illegal loggers are now working as close as six kilometers from vulnerable Awá families.
Survival is now monitoring the impending deadline, and has started a countdown clock live on its website, to remind Brazilian authorities how little time they have left.
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