amazon rain forest one where many people have much at stake thousands of indigenous women travel to the capital brasilia on tuesday to rally against president gyre both n.r.o. they say that he s in effect declared war on their people by pledging to open indigenous reserve land to mining and agriculture around 13 percent of brazil s national territory is allocated for their use shares more internal land battle. dense rain forest in the state of pariah an area twice the size of frumps this is home to many of brazil s indigenous people but it s also the site of many get in post illegal gold mines the small scale mines use mercury for extraction which subsequently leaks into the surrounding area but lots of little interest to brazil s far right president. he wants such mining legalized. my mining minister is working on a law to legalize gold mining not just on private land but also in indigenous