The emergency of climate change: the territories of indigenous peoples of the MT suffer from a fire
Recent survey revealed that 23 of the indigenous territories in Mato Grosso, brazil, were affected by the fire occurrences in a single day, emphasizing the seriousness of the environmental crisis in the region
In September 2020, which was in the house, in the Village of Umutina in Barra do Bugres, when a young man in the community is advised that the fire was coming up, and we had to throw water on the back of the field.
At that time, they were only women in the house. In the morning the men came to put out the flames, which had spread through the land. The fire, which seemed to be far, far away, he was now not far from here.
‘The fear and dread that we feel is indescribable. The sound was that of a storm, but in fact, it was the fire that was burning in the forest and coming up with a lot of speed. Thanks to the unity of the community, we were able to save their homes. But much of the area has been ravaged by fire.
This year, history repeated itself. The patch-made in the garden of a tree stump wasn’t enough to contain the fire, and the flames spread through the land. With the materials field, such as axes and scythes, some volunteers from the community helped in the fight against the flames. This time, they had the support of the Fire department.
According to the government of the state, the community, and was the only one to have the help of the firemen to fight a fire in the forest. The Executive said that the army of the Environmental Emergencies (BEA) monitoring with satellites and forest fires in the Land of the Indigenous Capoto Jarina, in Peixoto de Azevedo, in the Land of the Indigenous Sangradouro/Volta Grande, in the region of the Poxoréu, General Carneiro, and a New san Joaquin, and in the Land of the Indigenous Perigara in Barão de Melgaço.
In a statement, the government said: “you did not send teams to these places because permission is required from the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (Funai), rather than the lands of indigenous peoples that are federal protected areas”.
In a recent survey that shows how serious the situation is in the state of Mato Grosso: 23 indian lands in the state have been hit by outbreaks-of-heat-in just one day. All the data are drawn from the geographical Edimar Rodrigues Roaribo Kajejeu, member of the association of the indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Organizations from the state of Mato Grosso (Fepoimt) in the platform, BDQueimadas, sponsored by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in brazil.
The president of the Fepoimt, When Xunakalo, it appears that the situation is a cause for concern, but that the institution has a staff to monitor the instances, and seeking the support of other organizations in order to help the community affected by the fire.
“We are too many hotspots in most of the areas. Especially in the Cerrado, and the Pantanal in brazil, the situation is a serious one. We have been making trades to the authorities, asking for help, awareness-raising and food, in addition to posting, the campaign for the communities affected by this tragedy. Our team is focused and committed”.
The fire in the territory of Paresi
Professor Gilmar Koloizomae account of the fire, in the Land of the Indigenous Utiariti, in the municipalities of Campo Novo do Parecis, and Sapezal, has started for more than 10 days, with a few pockets of heat, which has intensified in the last week, and they are now using the area.
As well as, in the Village of Umutina, in the village of Gilmar do not have the firefighters, and the person fighting the flames, they are volunteers.
“The situation here is very serious, more than half of the country, which has more than 1 million acres went up in flames and the burning even. The villages full of smoke. According to health-care workers has worsened respiratory problems in the community. Here’s everything in the fire”.
As Gilmar, the fire broke out in the Land of the Indigenous Seemed to be, and then went on to Utiariti. “We are getting support from some of the people who are willing to help, and that of teams from the outside, it’s just that it’s a very small amount of material, to match”.
Women’s mighty men: meet the firefighters the Bakairi
In the state of Mato Grosso, native american women, also on the front line of the battle in the past. Twenty of the women of the people of the Bakairi in the Village of Santana, in the district of the Nobles, who work as firefighters on a voluntary basis.
These are in addition to the men, and they make up the Core of the Community’s Environmental protection of the Territory, on which the squad is to the arm of the implementation of the activities for the prevention and fighting of forest fires.
In 2021, they have embarked on the course of the brigadista. And the women have that you have already been working for a long time in the fight against the fires in the area.
“In the Village of Santana, situated between the farms in the us has been seriously affected by the fire. Most of the times, we, women, and even a heart attack — we were going to put out the fire so as not to burn our land, our animals. Every year, it’s this way,” he said to a leading indian Edna Rodrigues, the Bakairi.
The leader of the Bakairi is a reminder that the worst wildfire in the community, it came to pass in the year 2020, when it could not control the fire, and he has a large extent of territory.
“A machine, a farmer, went up in flames, and he couldn’t control it, and the fire has entered the country. It burnt all the trees, and the people did not get the straw to remodel your own home. He burned all the fruit for the animals. Ravaging the country”.
At that time, they called for the support of the Fire department, but with the high demand in the state, did not have the professionals to help you.
“We even went out to fight the fire, but could not find. We asked firefighters from around the globe, but we have not been served. In this way, it was important to take this course so that we will be able to work in the country with a safe environment”.
According to Edna Rodrigues, the Bakairi in the Native Land of Santana, there are pockets of heat, but at this time, the firefighters help to extinguish a fire at a nearby farm.
Prevfogo
The regional co-ordinator of the National Center for the Prevention and Fighting of Forest Fires in the low (Prevfogo) in Barra do Garças, Atari Louis, reported that they were registered with the 46 instances of the fires that have been attacked by the Prevfogo, up to the 31st of July, in the Northern part of the state.
A second pc version, 146 firefighters working on the prevention activities in the region, and to have been carried out 96,10 miles of corridors for the teams this year.
The co-ordinator of the Prevfogo in the state of Mato Grosso, Yugo, Marcelo, reported that there are teams in the nine lands, the indigenous of the state: the Bakairi, Juininha, Paresi, Irantxe, Menkü, Capoto Jarina, Basketball, White, Marãiwatsédé and is home to Indigenous peoples of the Xingu river, with a total of 270 firefighters in those areas as well.