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Tanaru Indigenous Territory
The Tanaru Indigenous Territory (Portuguese: Terra Indígena Tanaru) is an indigenous territory in the Legal Amazon, with an area of approximately 8,070 hectares (19,900 acres), located in the southeast of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, inhabited by the Tanaru, Kanoê and Akuntsu. The area is registered with the CRI and the Union Heritage Secretariat (SPU) under ordinance no. 1,392 from October 2012 (DOU of 1 November 2012).
The region is named after the nearby Tanaru River, which is a hydronym from the Kanoê or Kwaza language isolates. The National Indigenous People Foundation (FUNAI) operates in this area through the "Cacoal" Regional Coordination and the Guaporé Ethnoenvironmental Protection Front (FPE-Guaporé).
The Tanaru Indigenous Territory is located in Rondônia at the four municipalities of Chupinguaia, Corumbiara, Parecis and Pimenteiras do Oeste. The territory has an area of 8,070 hectares (19,900 acres). Pimenteiras do Oeste accounts for the largest portion of the region's land distribution, with 3,980.16 hectares (9,835.2 acres), which represents 49.32% of the total area. It is followed by Corumbiara with 2,418.87 hectares (5,977.2 acres) or 29,96%, Parecis with 937.19 hectares (2,315.8 acres) or 11,61% and Chupinguara with 764.82 hectares (1,889.9 acres) or 9,47%. This territory has been inhabited by the Tanaru, Kanoê and Akuntsu.
The region is located in the Madeira River watershed and is part of the Amazon biome, with vegetation consisting of semideciduous forest (64.81%) and savanna (35.19%).
In October 2012, the area was registered with the CRI and the Union Heritage Secretariat (SPU) through ordinance no. 1,392/2012 (DOU of November 2012).
In December 2022, the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil sued the Union and Funai to compel these federal bodies to transform the region into a socio-environmental protection area. Despite the presence of indigenous people in the area, such as the Kanoé and Akuntsú (groups with recent contact), Funai has never conducted the anthropological study for the delimitation and official recognition of the TI, which is currently a Restricted-Use Area. Indigenous land regularization occurs when the region is permanently inhabited, is a place for physical-cultural reproduction, and is also an area for productive activities. Therefore, Funai must prepare the identification report; then, the Minister of Justice declares the boundaries and demarcation of the region; Funai conducts the demarcation, which is then ratified by the Brazilian presidency.
The Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira (COIAB) requested the Federal Court to integrate it into the process of recognizing this area as a traditional indigenous territory and a socio-environmental protection area as an amicus curiae.
Opposing the Federal Public Ministry’s process to transform the area into a socio-environmental protection area, the cattle rancher Gutemberg Ermita and two other families claim in Federal Court to be the legitimate owners of the restricted-use area. The children of small rural producers from Colatina, Espírito Santo, they settled in the Amazon in 1973, seeking a new area for cattle ranching.
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Tanaru Indigenous Territory
The Tanaru Indigenous Territory (Portuguese: Terra Indígena Tanaru) is an indigenous territory in the Legal Amazon, with an area of approximately 8,070 hectares (19,900 acres), located in the southeast of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, inhabited by the Tanaru, Kanoê and Akuntsu. The area is registered with the CRI and the Union Heritage Secretariat (SPU) under ordinance no. 1,392 from October 2012 (DOU of 1 November 2012).
The region is named after the nearby Tanaru River, which is a hydronym from the Kanoê or Kwaza language isolates. The National Indigenous People Foundation (FUNAI) operates in this area through the "Cacoal" Regional Coordination and the Guaporé Ethnoenvironmental Protection Front (FPE-Guaporé).
The Tanaru Indigenous Territory is located in Rondônia at the four municipalities of Chupinguaia, Corumbiara, Parecis and Pimenteiras do Oeste. The territory has an area of 8,070 hectares (19,900 acres). Pimenteiras do Oeste accounts for the largest portion of the region's land distribution, with 3,980.16 hectares (9,835.2 acres), which represents 49.32% of the total area. It is followed by Corumbiara with 2,418.87 hectares (5,977.2 acres) or 29,96%, Parecis with 937.19 hectares (2,315.8 acres) or 11,61% and Chupinguara with 764.82 hectares (1,889.9 acres) or 9,47%. This territory has been inhabited by the Tanaru, Kanoê and Akuntsu.
The region is located in the Madeira River watershed and is part of the Amazon biome, with vegetation consisting of semideciduous forest (64.81%) and savanna (35.19%).
In October 2012, the area was registered with the CRI and the Union Heritage Secretariat (SPU) through ordinance no. 1,392/2012 (DOU of November 2012).
In December 2022, the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil sued the Union and Funai to compel these federal bodies to transform the region into a socio-environmental protection area. Despite the presence of indigenous people in the area, such as the Kanoé and Akuntsú (groups with recent contact), Funai has never conducted the anthropological study for the delimitation and official recognition of the TI, which is currently a Restricted-Use Area. Indigenous land regularization occurs when the region is permanently inhabited, is a place for physical-cultural reproduction, and is also an area for productive activities. Therefore, Funai must prepare the identification report; then, the Minister of Justice declares the boundaries and demarcation of the region; Funai conducts the demarcation, which is then ratified by the Brazilian presidency.
The Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira (COIAB) requested the Federal Court to integrate it into the process of recognizing this area as a traditional indigenous territory and a socio-environmental protection area as an amicus curiae.
Opposing the Federal Public Ministry’s process to transform the area into a socio-environmental protection area, the cattle rancher Gutemberg Ermita and two other families claim in Federal Court to be the legitimate owners of the restricted-use area. The children of small rural producers from Colatina, Espírito Santo, they settled in the Amazon in 1973, seeking a new area for cattle ranching.