Araribóia (reserve)

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Coordinates: 5 ° 4 ′ 48 ″  S , 46 ° 25 ′ 16.9 ″  W.

Terra Indígena Araribóia (Maranhão)
Terra Indígena Araribóia
Terra Indígena Araribóia
Terra Indígena Araribóia in the state of Maranhão

Araribóia (officially Portuguese Terra Indígena Araribóia , TI Araribóia, spelling also Arariboia) is a reserve in the Brazilian state of Maranhão .

The area was designated in 1996 and covers 4132.88 km². The indigenous population increased from 3,292 in 1994 to 5,317 in 2010. These people belong to the Guajajára , Awá Guajá and some uncontacted Awá peoples . In the self-governing reserve, the state is represented by the FUNAI and SESAI (health authority for the indigenous population).

Most of the reserve (44.6%) is covered by dense tropical rainforest , another 27.7% by seasonal rainforest (decidual) and 24.68% by pioneer formations ( pioneer plants ). Another 3.02% is accounted for by a contact area between savannah and seasonal rainforest. Aluminum mining takes place in the area ( Vicenza Mineração e Participações SA ).

Araribóia is located on the municipal area of ​​the Amarante do Maranhão municipality (the reserve occupies 46.31% of the municipal area), Arame (10.10%), Bom Jesus das Selvas (4.53%), Buriticupu (9.13%), Grajaú (0.18%) and Santa Luzia (0.88%). Forest fires and illegal logging with fatalities among the indigenous population pose a constant threat to the reserve. Known victims in 2018 were the Kazike Jorginho Guajajara and in 2019 the environmental activist Paulo Paulino Guajajara .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Terra Indígena Araribóia - Towns. In: org.br. terrasindigenas.org.br, accessed November 6, 2019 (cities that have a share in the reserve).
  2. ↑ EJOLT: Environmental Justice Atlas - Guajajara community against illegal loggers in Terra Indígena Araribóia, Maranhão, Brazil. In: ejatlas.org. Retrieved on November 6, 2019 (English, with photo series).
  3. ↑ Cacique Jorginho Guajajara é assassinado no Maranhão. In: org.br. Amazônia.org, accessed November 6, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).