Brazil: Two More Indigenous Territories Are Declared The Permanent Possession Of Indigenous Peoples

Brazil: Two More Indigenous Territories Are Declared The Permanent Possession Of Indigenous Peoples   Translated from Portuguese, Original Below   Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo, signed yesterday, February 23, two ordinances, declaring indigenous lands (IT)-Ocaia Rio Negro, Rondônia, and Enchanted Lagoon, Ceara, as the permanent possession of indigenous peoples Pakaanóva and Jenipapo-Kanindé respectively. As ITs it will now be in the process of demarcation, for subsequent approval by...

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