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  • Brazil stops demarcating land for indigenous people: ex- ...
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    Facing pressure from agricultural interests, Brazil has stopped formally demarcating land for indigenous communities in a threat to rainforest conservation efforts, according to a former senior government agency official and campaigners.

    Brazil’s constitution recognizes the right of indigenous people to live on their ancestral lands and the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), a government body, has been working to demarcate land for tribes, who make up less than 1 percent of the population.

    But new lands have not been demarcated for indigenous groups since August amid a push by lawmakers from Brazil’s rural areas to change the process, said former FUNAI president Marcio Santilli in comments echoed by campaigners.

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    But politicians representing rural voters oppose demarcating new territories for indigenous groups, saying the land should be used for farming or cattle ranching to boost economic growth in the recession-hit country.

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