Amazon tribes fight for their trees – in pictures

Photographer Lunae Parracho followed Ka’apor Indian warriors during a jungle expedition to search and expel illegal loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, Maranhao state, Amazon basin. Tired of what they say is a lack of sufficient government assistance in keeping loggers off their land, the Ka’apor Indians, who along with four other tribes are the legal inhabitants and caretakers of the territory, have sent their warriors out to expel all loggers they find and set up monitoring camps in the areas that are being illegally exploited

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A truck carries logs along a dirt road leading out of the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, as seen from inside a vehicle belonging to the Ka'apor Indian tribe near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 2, 2014. — A truck carries logs along a dirt road leading out of the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, as seen from inside a vehicle belonging to the Ka’apor Indian tribe near the Centro do Guilherme. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

Ka'apor Indian warriors gesture to members of their tribe as they depart on a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, in the village of Waxiguy Renda near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — Ka’apor Indian warriors gesture to members of their tribe as they depart on a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, in the village of Waxiguy Renda. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

Ka'apor Indians hand bows and arrows to tribal warriors traveling by truck through their village of Ximborenda, on the way to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 6, 2014. — Ka’apor Indians hand bows and arrows to tribal warriors traveling by truck through their village of Ximborenda, on the way to search for and expel loggers. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

Ka'apor Indian warriors hike during a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — Ka’apor Indian warriors hike during a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

Ka'apor Indian warriors stand over a logger they tied up during a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — Ka’apor Indian warriors stand over a logger they tied up during a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

Ka'apor Indian warriors tie up loggers during a jungle expedition to search for and expel them from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — Ka’apor Indian warriors tie up loggers during a jungle expedition to search for and expel them from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

Ka'apor Indian warriors tie up and remove the pants of loggers during a jungle expedition to search for and expel them from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — Ka’apor Indian warriors tie up and remove the pants of loggers. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

Ka'apor Indian warriors tie up loggers during a jungle expedition to search for and expel the loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — Ka’apor Indian warriors tie up loggers. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

A Ka'apor Indian warrior (L) chases a logger who tried to escape after he was captured during a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — A Ka’apor Indian warrior (L) chases a logger who tried to escape after he was captured. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

A Ka'apor Indian warrior (L) watches as loggers run off after being released after a jungle expedition to search for and expel them from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — A Ka’apor Indian warrior (L) watches as loggers run off after being released. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

A Ka'apor Indian warrior uses a chainsaw to ruin one of the logs they found during a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — A Ka’apor Indian warrior uses a chainsaw to ruin one of the logs they found during a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

A Ka'apor Indian warrior stands near a burning logging truck during a jungle expedition to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, near the Centro do Guilherme municipality in the northeast of Maranhao state in the Amazon basin, August 7, 2014. — A Ka’apor Indian warrior stands near a burning logging truck. Photograph: Lunae Parracho/Reuters

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