The Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9 from Lagoa Encantada village live along the lake\u2019s edge in the Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9 Indigenous Land, which lies in the municipality of Aquiraz in Cear\u00e1 state. It has an area of 1,731 hectares, with a population of 409 people comprising about 120 families. The Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9\u2019s main conflict is with the Pec\u00e9m Agroindustrial Ltda. company, part of the Ypi\u00f3ca Group, which has been drawing water from Lake Encantada since 1980 to irrigate sugarcane monoculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lake, in addition to being fundamental for the survival of Indigenous families, is extremely important as a sacred place which holds enchantments and, above all, protects the ancestry of this people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9 have denounced the company ever since it began to withdraw water. The indiscriminate removal of water caused a drop in the lake\u2019s level. In addition, between 2006 and 2007, the company polluted the lake with vinasse<\/em>, a byproduct of cacha\u00e7a production. Many fish died because of these activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To prove that the environmental impacts had been caused by the water\u2019s removal, the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), together with the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), collected water samples for analysis on 29 November 2006. The results showed that the oxygen content around the pump that removed the water was 17 times lower than the value established by Resolution n\u00ba 357\/2005 of the National Environmental Council (CONAMA). The presence of oil, grease and lead was also detected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2007, the problem continued and other complaints were filed. At this juncture, according to village leaders, the company lost its license to export alcoholic beverages. In the same year, the company took village leaders and supporters of the Indigenous movement to court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between 2010 and 2012, the conflicts were more direct. In 2010 the National Indian Foundation, IBAMA and the State Superintendence for the Environment (SEMACE) sealed the pump to prevent the removal of water. In 2012, the Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9, together with other Indigenous peoples from Cear\u00e1, mobilized to block access and prevent the water\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides damaging the lake, Ypi\u00f3ca filed numerous legal motions to block demarcation of the Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9 Indigenous Land. In 2011, the company obtained an injunction suspending demarcation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, in 2017, after a long struggle, the Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9 obtained the demarcation of their lands via a decision by the Federal Supreme Court. The next step is ratification of the Indigenous Land, so that the non-Indigenous squatters can be removed from the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to realize that this was a great victory for the Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9. After the signing of the declaratory order, IBAMA ordered Ypi\u00f3ca to remove the pump and pipes that withdrew the water within three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n DECIS\u00c3O de ministro do STF favorece demarca\u00e7\u00e3o dos Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9. 2017. In: Terras Ind\u00edgenas no Brasil. S\u00e3o Paulo, Instituto Socioambiental, 12 set. Available at: https:\/\/terrasindigenas.org.br\/pt-br\/noticia\/182350. Accessed: 15 Oct. 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n SILVA, Isabelle Braz Peixoto da; AIRES, Max Maranh\u00e3o Piorsky (org.). 2009. Direitos humanos e a quest\u00e3o ind\u00edgena no Cear\u00e1: relat\u00f3rio do Observat\u00f3rio Ind\u00edgena Bi\u00eanio 2007-2008. Fortaleza, Edi\u00e7\u00f5es UFC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9 from Lagoa Encantada village live along the lake\u2019s edge in the Jenipapo-Kanind\u00e9 Indigenous Land, which lies in the municipality of Aquiraz in Cear\u00e1 state. It has an area of 1,731 hectares, with a population of 409 people comprising about 120 families. 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