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Taking Back the Trees: Amazonian Warriors Combat Loggers

Ka'apor Indians in Brazil sent their warriors to expel loggers and set up monitoring camps in areas that are being illegally exploited.
Ka'apor Indian warriors tie up loggers during a jungle expedition to search for and expel them from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, on Aug. 7.
Ka'apor Indian warriors tie up loggers during a jungle expedition to search for and expel them from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, on Aug. 7.LUNAE PARRACHO / Reuters