Spiralling frontier threats in Indigenous Amazonia

Authors

• Gabriel de Oliveira, University of South Alabama
• Erin Koster, University of South Alabama
• Beto Marubo, Vale do Javari Indigenous Land
• Livia Maira Orlandi Laureto, Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
• Carlos A. Nobre, Universidade de São Paulo
• Beatriz M. Funatsu, Nantes Université
• Rachel Geber-Corrêa, National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples - FUNAI
• Cléo Quaresma Dias-Júnior, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia
• Deborah Delgado Pugley, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
• Zoe Amie Pierrat, College of Letters & Science
• Marco Heredia-R, Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo
• Douglas Christopher Morton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Amanda Hoffman-Hall, Eckerd College
• Lucas Maure, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
• Qianlai Zhuang, College of Science
• Torsten Krause, Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies
• Taciana de Carvalho Coutinho, Universidade Federal do Amazonas
• Guilherme Mataveli, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
• Nathaniel A. Brunsell, University of Kansas
• Leonardo G. Ziccardi, Michigan State University
• Imelda K. Moise, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Trent Biggs, San Diego State University
• Scott C. Stark, Michigan State University
• João Gilberto de Souza Ribeiro, Fundacao Universidade Federal de Rondonia
• Irene Carniatto, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná
• Polyanna da Conceição Bispo, The University of Manchester
• Paulo César de Godoy Junior, University of South Alabama
• Fabien H. Wagner, CTrees
• Helber Barros Gomes, Universidade Federal de Alagoas
• Alecsander Mergen, University of South Alabama
• Fernando De Sales, San Diego State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2026

Abstract

Indigenous Lands are critical for protecting Indigenous Peoples and the Amazon. Yet, they are increasingly exposed to socio-environmental frontiers, bringing violence, illegal resource extraction and deforestation. Urgent action is required to prevent irreversible harm to both people and forests, particularly in Brazil’s Vale do Javari Indigenous Land.

Publication Title

Nature Sustainability

Recommended Citation

de Oliveira, G., Koster, E., Marubo, B., Laureto, L., Nobre, C., Funatsu, B., Geber-Corrêa, R., Dias-Júnior, C., Delgado Pugley, D., Pierrat, Z., Heredia-R, M., Morton, D., Hoffman-Hall, A., Maure, L., Zhuang, Q., Krause, T., de Carvalho Coutinho, T., Mataveli, G., Brunsell, N., Ziccardi, L., Moise, I., Biggs, T., Stark, S., de Souza Ribeiro, J., Carniatto, I., da Conceição Bispo, P., de Godoy Junior, P., Wagner, F., Gomes, H., Mergen, A., & De Sales, F. (2026). Spiralling frontier threats in Indigenous Amazonia. Nature Sustainability. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-026-01874-z
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