Mobilization takes place at the end of the month in Brasília (DF) and should emphasize demarcations and denunciation of violence in territories edit
Brazil in fact – The 19th edition of Acampamento Terra Livre (ATL), the largest mobilization of indigenous peoples in Brazil, already has a defined theme for the 2023 edition: land demarcation, future and democracy. The announcement was made by the Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (Apib) last Thursday (6).
With the message, “the indigenous future is today, without demarcation there is no democracy!” government of Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
“The demarcation of Indigenous Lands (TI) is an ancestral right provided for in the Federal Constitution. Those who invade an IL destroy forests and attack indigenous people, who have been fighting for the protection of their families, cultures and lands for over 500 years. We don’t want to talk only regarding what might happen in 4 or 8 years. It is now that my relatives are being murdered, democracy is being disrespected and climate change is being aggravated”, points out Dinamam Tuxá, executive coordinator of Apib.
In December 2022, the final report presented by the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples of the transitional government pointed out the importance of demarcating 13 TI’s that have no pending issues in their processes. The ratification of these lands would be a form of commitment by the Lula Government to indigenous peoples.
Of the 680 regularized indigenous territories in the country, more than 200 are awaiting analysis to be demarcated, according to the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (Funai).
“The main demand of the movement is the issue of territoriality, our main demand is the demarcation, recognition of our lands and also respect for the ways of life that we want to have in our territories. Of course, our health, education, policies for women, children, youth are also important, but we understand that without territory there is no way to discuss any of these guidelines. Territory is health, education and life”, reinforces Val Eloy Terana, executive coordinator of Apib.
The venue and schedule for the 19th edition of Camp Terra Livre will be announced in the coming weeks. According to Kleber Karipuna, executive coordinator of Apib, the mobilization also intends to emphasize the denouncement regarding the violence that continues to happen in the territories.
“We need to be attentive, as we live in a permanent state of emergency. The ATL represents this process of constant alert, as it is necessary to advance even more in confronting violence. Invasions of indigenous territories, by mining, infrastructure projects, land grabbers, loggers, tourism entrepreneurs and many others, continue to happen and we need to be mobilized to change this reality and continue fighting for our rights”, he points out.
The expectation of the Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (Apib) is that next Monday, at the ministerial meeting marking the 100 days milestone, the government will announce the demarcation of 14 indigenous lands. The territories, located in eight Brazilian states, were presented by the indigenous movement as those in which the only thing missing is approval from the federal government to finalize the demarcation process.
Achievements of the indigenous movement
In 2022, Camp Terra Livre brought together more than 8,000 indigenous people in Brasilia, from 200 different peoples and from all regions of Brazil. The mobilization paved the way for the election of federal deputies Célia Xakriabá and Sonia Guajajara, and for other achievements, such as the creation of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and the resumption of Funai and the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (Sesai).
The indigenous struggle also resulted in the shelving of PL 191/2020, which authorizes mining on indigenous lands, following a petition presented by Apib to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples in February 2023 and accepted by Lula the following month.
In addition to PL 191/2020, the final document of ATL 2022 listed other legislative initiatives that aim to materialize what the indigenous people call the “death project”, among them are Bills (PL) 490/2007 ( of the time frame), 6299/2002 (makes the use of pesticides more flexible), 2159/2021 (loosens the need for environmental licensing) and numbers 2633/2020 and 510/2021, which allow the illegal occupation of public lands.
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