Four men, prisoners of a village self-defence force (Koglweogo or bush guardians), chained to a tree in the village of Poessin near Ouagadougou. Once considered 'safe', Burkina Faso (meaning 'land of...

Four men, prisoners of a village self-defence force (Koglweogo or bush guardians), chained to a tree in the village of Poessin near Ouagadougou. Once considered 'safe', Burkina Faso (meaning 'land of...

Four men, prisoners of a village self-defence force (Koglweogo or bush guardians), chained to a tree in the village of Poessin near Ouagadougou. Once considered 'safe', Burkina Faso (meaning 'land of...

Four men, prisoners of a village self-defence force (Koglweogo or bush guardians), chained to a tree in the village of Poessin near Ouagadougou. Once considered 'safe', Burkina Faso (meaning 'land of...

White-Nosed Bush Frog (Philautus leucorhinus), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Nos. 81233, 173345-67. Conservation status: extinct.

There are approximately 105 species of frog nati...

Cyclosurus mariei, a land snail, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct.

Twaos Khan (squatting at left), the manager of a camp for displaced people who came from Helmand 20 years ago, breaks bread at his home. Only 17 families have returned to Helmand from the camp, the re...

Twaos Khan, the manager of a camp for displaced people who came from Helmand 20 years ago, breaks bread at his home. Only 17 families have returned to Helmand from the camp, the rest cannot go back as...

An Indigenous people's land rights and anti-Bolsonaro protest.

An Indigenous people's land rights and anti-Bolsonaro protest.

An Indigenous people's land rights and anti-Bolsonaro protest.

A sign marking a plot of land in the Terra Prometida camp, an area of rural land invaded by squatters.

A shack built by a landless family on a plot of land in the Terra Prometida camp, an area of rural land invaded by squatters.

A sign marking a plot of land in the Terra Prometida camp, an area of rural land invaded by squatters.

Trees being burnt for land clearance in the Bom Futuro National Forest.

A sticker featuring President Jair Bolsonaro on the side of a shack in the Boa Esperanca encampment in Vila Rio Pardo. The camp was set up last year by landless families who were removed from an area...

Jose Roberto de Jesus, leader of the Boa Esperanca encampment in Vila Rio Pardo, stands in the door of his shack. The camp was set up last year by landless families who were removed from an area of la...

Sem Terra collects water from a well in a house neighbouring their encampment in Vila Rio Pardo. The camp was set up last year by landless families who were removed from an area of land illegally inva...

A boy walks past shacks in the in Vila Rio Pardo encampment. The camp was set up last year by landless families who were removed from an area of land illegally invaded inside the Bom Futuro National F...

Landless Sebastiao Pereira (70) in his tent at a camp in Vila Rio Pardo. This camp was set up last year by families who were evacuated from an invaded area within the Bom Futuro National Forest.

Camp Boa Esperanca in Vila Rio Pardo, which was set up last year by families who were removed from an area of illegal settlement inside the Bom Futuro National Forest.

Trees being burnt for land clearance in the Bom Futuro National Forest.

Trees being burnt for land clearance in the Bom Futuro National Forest.

Dead trees in a pasture area in the municipality of Campo Novo.

Military policemen, patrolling the reserve, remove a sign erected by land invaders indicating the division of the area, within the Bom Futuro National Forest, into lots for clearing.

Riot police walk down a dirt road inside the Bom Futuro National Forest to remove invaders who had set up a camp with about 200 shacks inside the reserve. In 2019, Bom Futuro lost 874 hectares of fore...

An aerial view of the village of Deni Malik Gueye where residents are fighting against private construction on their land which has been inherited from generation to generation.

An advertisement for a hotel building project that was stopped by the people of Deni Malik Gueye village who are fighting against private construction on their ancestral land.

A house that is part of a building project that was stopped by the people of Deni Malik Gueye village who are fighting against private construction on their ancestral land.

A man walks in fields near a house that is part of a building project that was stopped by the people of Deni Malik Gueye village who are fighting against private construction on their ancestral land.

A house that is part of a building project that was stopped by the people of Deni Malik Gueye village who are fighting against private construction on their ancestral land.

The chief of the Haliti Paresi people, Rivelino Kanezomae, turns from an area deforested for intensive agriculture near Figueiras Indigenous Land. A few kilometers from the reserve there is a project...

The chief of the Haliti Paresi people, Rivelino Kanezomae, talks with other residents of the Figueiras Indigenous Land. A few kilometers from the reserve hydropower plant Estivadinho 3 is being constr...

An indigenous woman stands in front of a partially constructed hati, a traditional house of the Haliti Paresi people, in a village in Figueiras Indigenous Land. A few kilometers from the reserve hydro...

A girl from the Haliti Paresi people washes her feet at a tap in front of a partially constructed hati, a traditional house, in a village in Figueiras Indigenous Land. A few kilometers from the reserv...

A hati, a traditional house of the Haliti Paresi people, in a village in Figueiras Indigenous Land.

The chief of the Haliti Paresi people, Rivelino Kanezomae, stand with his motorbike in front of a partially constructed hati, a traditional house, in a village in Figueiras Indigenous Land. A few kilo...

A sign on a local road inside the Apyterewa Indigenous Territory, with bullet holes and a sticker supporting President Jair Bolsonaro.

Renascer village, formed by invaders inside the Apyterewa Indigenous Land, in southeast of Para state.

Squatters use the bridge that gives access to the Indigenous Territory Trincheira Bacaja, near Vila Sudoeste. In April, an IBAMA (Brazil's environmental protection agency) operation destroyed the brid...

Dead tree in a pasture area around the Trincheira Bacaja Indigenous Territory, near the Vila Sudoeste, in the state of Para.

Area deforested by land grabbers inside the Trincheira Bacaja indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.

Indigenous Manoki chief Manoel Kanunxi (71) shows the outlines of Irantxe Manoki territory on a map on the ground.

A tractor spreads lime to prepare soil on a large field on a mechanised farm next to Irantxe Manoki indigenous land in the background.

Local fishermen use nets to fish on the rapids of Rio Negro in Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State.

Locals on a Sunday at a Rio Negro beach in Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira.

Young men unload fish in the port of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, on the upper region of the Rio Negro.

Wooden bridge which carries the road BR 307 over the Ya Mirim creek in the Balaio Indigenous Territory, near Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves in the w...

Indigenous man Andre Sampaio Veloso walks along the trail that leads to Morro dos Seis Lagos, in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves...

View of Lago Verde in Morro dos Seis Lagos area, in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves in the world and is located inside three prot...

Fog covers the Dragao Lake in the Morro dos Seis Lagos area, in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves in the world and is located insid...

Rock formations on the banks of the Dragao Lake in the Morro dos Seis Lagos area. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves in the world and is located inside three protected lands, the...

Pick up trucks travel along the road BR 307 on the stretch that connects Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira to the Ya Mirim community within the Balaio Indigenous Territory. The road is the only access to sever...

Pick up trucks travel along the road BR 307 on the stretch that connects Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira to the Ya Mirim community within the Balaio Indigenous Territory. The road is the only access to sever...

Aerial view of Vila Sudoeste, a small village which works as a support base for most of the invaders of the Trincheira Bacaja Indigenous Territory, because it is located only 5 km from the reserve.

Vila Renascer, a village formed by invaders inside the Apyterewa Indigenous Land, in southeast of Para state.

Smoke billows from a fire in an area of the Amazon jungle as it is cleared by land grabbers inside the Trincheira Bacaja indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.

Pick up trucks travel along the road BR 307 on the stretch that connects Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira to the Ya Mirim community within the Balaio Indigenous Territory. The road is the only access to sever...

Area deforested by land grabbers within the Antimary Extractive Settlement Project in Amazonas. The area is being deforested by settlers, threatening the livelihoods of residents who depend on collect...

Indigenous people from the Ya Mirim community bathe in a river in the Balaio Indigenous Territory, in the region of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. The community is the closest one to Morro dos Seis Lagos,...

Indigenous people from the Ya Mirim community bathe in a river in the Balaio Indigenous Territory, in the region of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. The community is the closest one to Morro dos Seis Lagos,...

Area deforested by land grabbers inside the Trincheira Bacaja indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.

Aerial view of Jussara lake, located in the Morro dos Seis Lagos area in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves in the world and is loca...

Aerial view of Dragao lake, located in the Morro dos Seis Lagos area in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves in the world and is locat...

Aerial view of Dragao lake, located in the Morro dos Seis Lagos area in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves in the world and is locat...

Area deforested by land grabbers inside the Trincheira Bacaja indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.

Trees and riverbank in Arapixi Extractive Reserve.

Aerial view of the Morro dos Seis Lagos area in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State. In the photo, from left to right, Jussara and Niobium lakes. This region contains one of t...

'Ribeirinhos' local people who live alongside the water, navigate the Purus River in the Arapixi (traditional) Extractive Reserve, in Amazonas.

Aerial view of Dragao lake, located in the Morro dos Seis Lagos area in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves in the world and is locat...

Area deforested by land grabbers within the Antimary Extractive Settlement Project in Amazonas. The area is being deforested by settlers, threatening the livelihoods of residents who depend on collect...

Aerial view of the Morro dos Seis Lagos area in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State. This region contains one of the largest niobium reserves in the world and is located insid...

Aerial view of the Morro dos Seis Lagos area in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State. In the photo, from left to right, the Dragao, Jussara and Niobium lakes. This region conta...

Area deforested by land grabbers within the Antimary Extractive Settlement Project in Amazonas. The area is being deforested by settlers, threatening the livelihoods of residents who depend on collect...

Young Irantxe Manoki youths walk under a waterfall on the Cravari river in the Irantxe Manoki indigenous lands.

Jasson Oliveira do Nascimento, resident of the Arapixi Extractive Reserve, land designated for traditional sustainable and non commercial extraction of forest resources in Amazonas state, cuts the veg...

Jasson Oliveira do Nascimento, resident of the Arapixi Extractive Reserve, land designated for traditional sustainable and non commercial extraction of forest resources in Amazonas state, cuts the veg...

Jasson Oliveira do Nascimento, resident of the Arapixi Extractive Reserve, land designated for traditional sustainable and non commercial extraction of forest resources in Amazonas state, cuts the veg...

An aerial view of a small hydropower installation on the Cravari River located near land belonging to the Irantxe Manoki indigenous people. Local people claim that the plant has had a detrimental effe...

Jasson Oliveira do Nascimento breaks the nuts collected in the forest within the area of the Antimary Extractive Settlement Project in Amazonas. The area is being deforested by land grabbers, threaten...

A small area of forest that has been cleared for farming in the middle of Irantxe Manoki indigenous land.

Jasson Oliveira do Nascimento breaks the nuts collected in the forest within the area of the Antimary Extractive Settlement Project in Amazonas. The area is being deforested by land grabbers, threaten...

An indigenous village of the Irantxe Manoki people.

A small waterfall on the edge of Irantxe Manoki indigenous land with large fields belonging to fully mechanised farms stretching into the distance.

Jasson Oliveira do Nascimento, resident of the Arapixi Extractive Reserve, in Amazonas, collects nuts in the area of the Antimary Extractive Settlement Project, which is being deforested by land grabb...

Jasson Oliveira do Nascimento, resident of the Arapixi Extractive Reserve, in Amazonas, collects nuts in the area of the Antimary Extractive Settlement Project, which is being deforested by land grabb...

A billboard along the BR 364 highway near Campo Novo dos Parecis promotes mechanised agriculture on indigenous land with an image of indigenous leader Arnaldo Zunizakae.

A billboard along the BR 364 highway near Campo Novo dos Parecis promotes mechanised agriculture on indigenous land with an image of indigenous leader Arnaldo Zunizakae.

A shotgun sits on broken shells of nuts collected in the forest within the area of the Antimary Extractive Settlement Project in Amazonas. The area is being deforested by land grabbers, threatening th...

Boats on the Purus river, in front of the Maracaju I community, within the Arapixi Extractive Reserve, land designated for traditional sustainable and non commercial extraction of forest resources in...