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The ashaninka indigenous community in brazil has
May 15, 2020
Summary
The Ashaninka indigenous community in Brazil has won a two-decade federal court dispute against illegal logging interests, receiving $3 million in compensation and an official apology from companies for cutting down thousands of mahogany, cedar, and other tree species in the Kampa do Rio Amônia Indigenous Reserve.
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Starting in the early 1980s, timber companies owned by the Cameli family illegally harvested mature trees from the Ashaninka’s ancestral land to supply the European furniture industry.
The $3 million reparation will go directly toward projects protecting the Ashaninka community and Amazon forest. Experts said the case could serve as a legal precedent in other indigenous and environmental lawsuits in Brazil.
[https://e360.yale.edu/digest/indigenous-group-in-brazil-wins-decades-long-battle-over-illegal-logging](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/indigenous-group-in-brazil-wins-decades-long-battle-over-illegal-logging)