Tonkyre is the daughter of the respected chief Payaré, who championed indigenous rights and instilled the concept of entrepreneurship and sustainable production.
The mining-affected groups were primarily indigenous people (15.1%), workers (12.1%), urban population (9.7%), and small rural landowners (8.3%), the report reads.
The initiative aims to engage these youth in different activities and to portray the reality of the community in their daily lives. It has trained more than 300 participants.
About 5.8 percent of the Puyanawa indigenous land has lost the original Amazon rainforest cover, a segment that was previously deforested by farmers
The Union of Indigenous Peoples of Vale do Javari says the investigation should be comprehensive and not just focus on the perpetrators of the crime, but on the agents who support predatory activities in this area.