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Deforestation is their biggest threat Logging companies destroy their lands with no warning. Offically they can do nothing as they do not own the deeds to their lands.
They live a sustainable existence using the land without doing harm to the plants or animals which they share there home with.
The Brazillian amazon is home to 20 million people 280,000 - 350,000 are indigenous people 180,000 live traditonally There are 400 different Indigenous groups
some are forced to emigrate to urban cities where poverty strikes due to lack of urban skills and little education.
55 indigenous populations vanished in the first half of the 20th century.
Vital plants and trees are lost which they use for medicane and making hunting equipment.
They have great knowledge about the rainforest and its ecosystem and are one of the key factors in helping conserve the Amazon rainforest.
Deforestation in the Amazon. How is it Affecting the indigenous people of the Amazon?
