Land conflicts affect more than 100,000 people in Amazonas Disclosure Amazonas recorded 98 conflicts in the countryside in 2025, which affected 116,415 people from 23,963 families. The data was released by the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), during the launch of the Conflitos no Campo Brasil report. Disputes over land, water and natural resources continue to be the main reasons for violence in rural areas. Although the number of incidents fell 25.7% compared to 2024, when 132 cases were recorded, the social impact remained high in the state. Indigenous peoples were the most affected group, involved in 42 conflicts. Then the squatters appear, with 31 occurrences. ? Join the g1 AM channel on WhatsApp According to the survey, farmers were identified as the main responsible for the tensions, cited in 42 cases. Next come businesspeople (18), the federal government (10), the state government (5), as well as loggers, mining companies and prospectors.
Conflicts over land and water affected more than 116 thousand people in Amazonas in 2025, according to report
Land conflicts affect more than 100,000 people in Amazonas Disclosure Amazonas recorded 98 conflicts in the countryside in 2025, which affected 116,415 people from 23,963 families. The data was released by the Pastoral...
"The data that is displayed in statistical format are not just numbers. They are Martyrs of the Walk. Each number represents someone", declared Sara Negreiros Nascimento, member of the CPT Prelature of Itacoatiara. Land disputes account for the majority of cases Of the 98 incidents recorded in Amazonas, 89 were caused by land disputes and affected 23,963 families. Among the main forms of violence are: threats of expulsion (31 cases); pistol-whipping actions and invasions of territories; deforestation to de-characterize areas; omission and collusion of public authorities (17 cases). Two squatters were killed as a result of conflicts in the municipalities of Boca do Acre and Lábrea. In total, the Pastoral Land Commission counted 36 victims of direct violence against people in the state, including cases of aggression, threats and attempted murder. The distribution of cases shows that violence in the countryside is mainly concentrated in the south of Amazonas and the Alto Solimões region. Municipalities that experienced conflicts Conflicts over water grew in impact The report also points out that conflicts involving access to water decreased from 10 to seven occurrences between 2024 and 2025. Despite the reduction, the number of affected families increased by 165.9%, from 1,918 to 5,100. According to the CPT, the conflicts are related to river pollution, mineral contamination, predatory fishing and restrictions on access to water. Environmental inspection embargoes 115 hectares and fines irregularities in southern Amazonas New environmental licensing law threatens Conservation Units and biodiversity in AM, experts point out Decree that reduces legal reserves in AM is considered unconstitutional, experts say Slave labor The survey also recorded two cases of rural slave labor in 2025. The operations resulted in the rescue of 25 workers in the municipalities of Borba and Maués. According to the Pastoral Land Commission, all cases were linked to illegal gold mining. For the national coordinator of the CPT, Maria Petrolina Neto, the drop in the number of conflicts does not necessarily mean an improvement in the situation of violence in the countryside. "We realize that there was a reduction in occurrences, but an increase in the number of murders [in the country]. This could be the portrait of a false reduction, in fact the result of a retreat of communities in the face of so much violence", he assessed. The Archbishop of Manaus, Dom Leonardo Steiner, highlighted the importance of the report to record and give visibility to violations occurring in the Amazon. "When we read these documents, we are not just reading papers, we are reading lives. Lives that were silenced, but that we make audible and visible through these reports", pointed out the cardinal. Operation catches workers in a situation similar to slavery in illegal mining in Maués
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