Resist

From 2001-2004, we had worked very closely with the deni indigenous people
for the brazilian government official recognition of their right to the
land. In 2000, we discovered that a huge portion of land was bought by the
Malaysian logging company WTK in the western of the amazonas state… when
investigating, we also found that part of the land bought by WTK was
occupied by the Deni indigenous people and we went there to alert them. The
deni were very scared and asked for our help to protect their land.
Together with other indigenous organizations, a multi-skilled team went to
the Deni land and worked with them, teaching the Indians how to use
demarcation tools (as compass, GPS, etc) to be able to follow-up the govts
work when the time comes to get their land demarcated. At the same time, a
political pressure started to be build, demanding the formal recognition of
Deni rights to their land. As the official deadline of the demarcation
process expired, the Deni decided to self-demarcate their own land with
Greenpeace and other indigenous organizations’ help.
The initiative brought a huge pressure to the Brazilian government, who
finally agreed to officially demarcate the Deni land on October 2001… in
2004, we were invited to celebrate the end of the official demarcation of
their land by the BZ govt.
There’s lots of detailed info about this story on this link:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/footer/search?q=deni