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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gabriela Sá Pessoa

A conflict over cattle in Brazil's Amazon highlights tensions for Indigenous peoples

Brazil Amazon Indigenous Cattle - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

On a vast island in northern Brazil, an unusual debate about cattle and conservation is taking place.

Federal authorities last year ordered the removal of herds from protected Indigenous territory on the world's largest river island, Bananal Island. They argued the land was reserved for Indigenous peoples and conservation, and that the herds kept there by outside ranchers were illegal and contributed to habitat degradation.

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