Brazil Publishes 10 Indigenous Land Declarations and Homologates Four Territories During COP30

Overview

• The Justice Ministry issued ten portarias declaratórias on Tuesday, formally declaring boundaries for territories including Tupinambá de Olivença (BA), Sawré Ba’pim (PA) and Ypoí Triunfo (MS).
• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva published decrees homologating four other Indigenous Lands, including Manoki and Estação Parecis in Mato Grosso and Kaxuyana-Tunayana across Pará and Amazonas.
• Officials emphasized that final titles still depend on further FUNAI procedures and presidential decrees, noting demarcation is a staged process with additional administrative steps.
• The government linked the actions to a pledge to regularize and protect 63 million hectares of Indigenous and quilombola areas by 2030, citing research that expanded demarcation can curb deforestation and emissions.
• Following a fatal attack on the Guarani-Kaiowá community at Pyelito Kue in MS, federal police identified two suspects, arrested one in flagrante, seized firearms for forensics, and a federal court barred forced removals with a R$1 million penalty for violations.