Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Brazilian Government on (a) the safety of isolated indigenous tribes and the forests they inhabit in the Amazonian region, (b) renewing land protection orders for and subsequently completing the demarcation of (i) Ituna Itatá Indigenous Territory, (ii) Pará state, (iii) Piripkura Indigenous Territory, (iv) Mato Grosso state, (v) Pirititi Indigenous Territory, (vi) Roraima state, (vii) Jacareúba Katawixi Indigenous Territory and (viii) Amazonas state and (c) ensuring the eviction of illegal occupants from those areas.

The UK regularly engages with indigenous leaders and civil society organisations on these issues. Senior HMG officials discussed the indigenous lands situation with Brazilian authorities most recently in December 2021. We have hosted conversations with indigenous leaders from Amazonas and Pará at our Embassy in Brasilia, and are in regular contact with the Brazilian National Foundation for Indigenous People (FUNAI), which is responsible for promoting indigenous people's rights and territorial protection in Brazil, including for uncontacted indigenous people to ensure that our own and others' engagement is coordinated. The UK is committed to defending and promoting the human rights of all, and we will continue to monitor developments around indigenous land rights in Brazil.