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View from the Xingu river of a property used for cattle ranching (L) and an area of preserved Amazon rainforest, in the Koatinemo indigenous land, Para state, Brazil, on June 11, 2025. Brazil recognizes the existence of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Ituna/Itata, a territory in the Brazilian Amazon the size of Sao Paulo, protected by an official provisional measure against deforestation, illegal mining, and land grabbing. Near Ituna/Itata, in the northern state of Para, indigenous communities and activists are demanding that the government grant permanent protected land status, following years of forest destruction caused by illegal mining activities. (Carlos Fabal/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)