Descendants of enslaved people from colonial times total 1.3 mi in 7,666 communities across 25 Brazilian states, a new supplement to the 2022 Census shows.
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 proposals were drafted by social movements, universities, think tanks, and government agencies from Brazil and other Amazon countries, and delivered at the Amazon Summit in Belém city.
It is the first census in which the IBGE will be able to provide official statistics on how many quilombola communities there are, where they live, and how they live in the country.
An ordinance from the Ministry of Health has allocated BRL 27 million ($ 5.1 million dollars) to the quilombola population. 30% of them are registered.
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