Someone must do this work!
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Ka'apor Indian warrior chases a logger who tried to escape after he was
captured during a jungle expedition to find and expel loggers from the
Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality
in the northeast of Brazil's Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, on
August 7, 2014. Tired of what they say is a lack of sufficient
government assistance in keeping loggers off their land, the Ka'apor
Indians, who along with four other tribes are the legal inhabitants and
caretakers of the territory, have sent their warriors out to expel all
loggers they find and set up monitoring camps in the areas that are
being illegally exploited.
Reuters photographer Lunae Parracho recently went on a search and destroy mission in the Amazon with Brazil's Ka'apor Indians. Frustrated by the government's lack of action to keep illegal loggers out of the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, local warriors from several tribes have taken it upon themselves to find logging camps, destroy equipment, and drive out the unwelcome intruders. Parracho documented the scene as Ka'apor warriors captured a number of men in the forest, burned their trucks, destroyed their logs, then sent their captives down the road—freed, but without shoes or pants, their hands still bound. The Ka'apor Indians and four other tribes—the legal inhabitants and caretakers of the territory—have also set up monitoring camps in areas that are being illegally exploited. [20 photos]
Click on the link for awesome photos of people protecting their environment.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/09/amazon-warriors-fight-for-their-trees/100805/
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