An Amazonian wrangle: Apart from exposing vulnerable indigenous communities to infection, covid-19 threatens a programme that provides livelihood to the vulnerable and helps conserve freshwater fish species

Rossoni, Felipe and Kurihara, Leonardo and Silveira, Gustavo (2020) An Amazonian wrangle: Apart from exposing vulnerable indigenous communities to infection, covid-19 threatens a programme that provides livelihood to the vulnerable and helps conserve freshwater fish species. Samudra Report (83). pp. 15-18. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Indigenous people and rural communities in Brazil’s Amazon region have been dramatically hit by COVID-19. A note issued on 10 June by the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), in response to the Brazilian government, said the actions of the official agencies in response to the pandemic are regrettable: “So far the responses of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) and of the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESAI) to the COVID-19 have been slow, uncoordinated and insufficient.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM1147
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Brazil, Livelihoods, Fish Species, Fishing Communities, Territorial Waters, Small-scale Fisheries, Sustainable Development, Exports, Indigenous People, COVID, Vulnerability, livelihoods
Subjects:	Disasters and Climate Change
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2021 11:17
Last Modified:	30 May 2022 07:12
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1760

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