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Deforestation and illegal mining in the Brazilian Amazon is leading to biodiversity loss and threatening Indigenous peoples who live in and rely on primary rainforests. In the Yanomami Indigenous Territory–the largest swath of rainforest under Indigenous control in the world–the Ye’kwana people face safety and health crises caused by outside threats, primarily illegal mining interests, which also cause deforestation. This project will strengthen the capacity of the Ye’kwana people and their representative association to monitor and protect their forest territories.