The Amazon in danger - Indigenous peoples and their struggle for the rainforest

"They used to kill us with guns, now they kill us with deforestation and dams." The Brazilian government's failure to protect the Amazon forest is forcing the Munduruku indigenous people to take action against land grabs and illegal logging - and try to save the rain forest on their own. In an...

84 min - Tribes & Indigenous Cultures - DW Documentary

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