'It's dangerous work': New generation of Indigenous activists battle to save the Amazon

Campaigners in Brazil use drones to document work of self-defence teams trying to stop environmental destruction caused by illegal miningThe medicine man flashed a mischievous grin as he dabbed his warriors' eyeballs with a feather soaked in malagueta pepper and watched them grimace in pain. "They're going into battle and this will protect them," José Delfonso Pereira said as he advanced on his next target with a jam jar of his chilli potion."It hurts and it burns," the Macuxi shaman admitted. "But it will help them see more clearly and stop them falling ill." Continue reading...