Early day motion · EDM 227 · 19 Jun 2012
AWÁ TRIBE IN BRAZIL
Tabled by Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour)
36 signatures
The motion
That this House expresses its concern at the plight of the Aw tribe in Brazil currently on the brink of extinction; notes that there are currently 360 contacted members of the Aw tribe with an estimated further 20 to 25 per cent uncontacted, and that their territories have been legally recognised; acknowledges its alarm at the current rates of deforestation of their forests, currently the highest rate of all indigenous reserves in the Amazon; and calls on the Government to urge its Brazilian counterparts to bring a halt to illegal logging and stop invasions of the Aw'sland.
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