Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Helenira-Resende-Camp-in-Para-State-27MZIFJX69QHM.htmlConceptually similarHelenira Resende Camp in Pará StateGP0STRAYLCompleted★★★★Child in Helenira Resende Camp in ParaGP0STRAYNCompleted★★★★★★Fire Set by Landless Peasants in Pará StateGP0STRAYPCompleted★★★★Cattle Ranch in Para StateGP0STRAYJCompleted★★★★★★Memorial for Victims of the Eldorado dos Carajas Massacre in Para StateGP0STRAYKCompleted★★★★Fire Set by Landless Peasants in Pará StateGP0STRAYQCompleted★★★★★★Food Donation in the Sororó Indigenous Land in Marabá in BrazilGP1SVRKYCompleted★★★★Food Donation in the Sororó Indigenous Land in Marabá in BrazilGP1SVRKZCompleted★★★★Food Donation in the Sororó Indigenous Land in Marabá in BrazilGP1SVRL0Completed★★★★★★View AllGP0STRAYRHelenira Resende Camp in Pará StateThe Helenira Resende Camp, a land in southern Para occupied in 2009 by 642 families belonging to the Landless Workers Movement (MST). The camp occupies 50 hectares within the Cedro ranch, an estate covering a total area of almost 15,000 hectares. Occupations produce conflicts with local ranch owners, who have joined forces and hired private armed guards to intimidate the landless farmers and destroy their crops. Since 1996 more than 271 rural workers and leaders have been killed in Pará alone as consequence of the land conflict with ranch owners.Locations:Brazil-Maraba-Para-South AmericaDate:18 Jul, 2016Credit:© Tommaso Protti / GreenpeaceMaximum size:6000px X 4000pxKeywords:Camps-Day-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Rainforests-VillagesShoot:Rural Communities and Land Conflicts in Para State, BrazilVarious images of rural communities in Pará, the Brazilian state where the land conflict is most violent.Since 1996 more than 271 rural workers and leaders have been killed in Pará alone as consequence of the land conflict with ranch owners.
