Operation Awá: most invaders removed from tribal land
Over 60% of the invaders on Awá land have now been evicted in a breakthrough operation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Over 60% of the invaders on Awá land have now been evicted in a breakthrough operation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Survival's campaign to save the Awá has triumphed this week, as loggers and ranchers are being expelled.
427 notices have been issued, giving illegal ranchers and loggers 40 days to leave the tribe's territory or be removed.
The Brazilian government’s operation to remove all invaders from land of the Awá tribe is now in its fourth week.
Brazil's government has finally launched a major ground operation to evict illegal invaders from the land of the Awá.
The tribe's shocking story is featured in Vanity Fair and the Sunday Times this month.
Photographer Sebastião Salgado and Vanity Fair magazine have joined forces to publicize the plight of the 'Earth's most threatened tribe'
Brazil has taken the first steps towards the removal of thousands of illegal loggers from the land of the Awá.