The Pankará people’s Serra do Arapuá land in Pernambuco faces deforestation, fire hotspots, and encroachment by agricultural and grazing activities. Limited legal protection prior to recent demarcation has left the territory vulnerable to environmental degradation and land‑use pressures on their Caatinga homelands.

Map Pankará Indigenous Land of the Arapuá Mountains

Mining Concessions

VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN BRAZIL