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esthet: A Kayapo boy with traditional body paint and piercing is seen at his home the day before the start of the “Expedicionarios da Saude” (Brazilian Health Expeditions), in the Kikretum community in Sao Felix, northern Brazil, April 21, 2011. (Reuters/Ricardo Moraes) (via All-Request Photos: Aurora Borealis, Blue Frogs, Spacewalks … - In Focus - The Atlantic) View high resolution

esthet:

A Kayapo boy with traditional body paint and piercing is seen at his home the day before the start of the “Expedicionarios da Saude” (Brazilian Health Expeditions), in the Kikretum community in Sao Felix, northern Brazil, April 21, 2011. (Reuters/Ricardo Moraes) (via All-Request Photos: Aurora Borealis, Blue Frogs, Spacewalks … - In Focus - The Atlantic)

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Waste Land

I saw this last night. Brilliant. It’s nominated for an Academy Award.

futurejournalismproject:

Meanwhile, as the Amazon continues to shrink, the BBC followed Jose Carlos Morales of Brazil’s Indian Affairs department in his attempts to show his government and Peru’s that “hidden” indigenous tribes exist in the rainforest.

The BBC used lenses on their cameras that allowed them to shoot from up to a kilometer away.

Via the New York Times’ Green Blog:

Advocates for the region’s indigenous people say illegal logging in Peru is driving other isolated tribes across the border into Brazil, causing conflicts over resources and territory. Responding to the release of video and images of the tribe, Peruvian authorities said this week that they would work to stop the intrusion of loggers into protected areas.

(Source: futurejournalismproject)

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STOP BELO MONTE—NO MEGA-DAM IN THE AMAZON

Brazil’s top environmental regulator has resigned in protest of the proposed mega-dam, which would flood huge tracts of rainforest and displace thousands of indigenous people. The companies involved have been trying to bulldoze past environmental laws — and want to break ground within weeks. Sign the emergency petition to Dilma to stop Belo Monte and protect the Amazon, and help spread the word!