In the 1970s Brazil's military regime saw the Amazonian rainforest as virgin territory to be claimed for agriculture, mining and new towns. The first step to its conquest was an ambitious new road.
For decades, the Kayapó of Brazil have waged a fierce fight to protect their territory from successive waves of loggers, miners, farmers, and land grabbers. Now, with a recently paved highway and a planned railway closing in on their lands, the Kayapó’s struggle is far from over.