Multicultural from Europe to Brazil:

Environment and Brazilian Indigenous Peoples

Abstract

Brazil’s legal culture is shaped by the colonial period and contemporary transformations, including the global climate crisis. The Brazilian legal system recognizes the environment as a fundamental asset, essential for human survival. For Indigenous Peoples, this relationship is even deeper, as their ways of life are directly linked to natural resources. The text addresses topics such as social rights in Brazil and Europe, the challenges in the fight for environmental preservation and indigenous territorial rights in Brazil, the climate crisis, gender justice, and the urgency of environmental measures. Preserving the environment is vital for the physical and cultural survival of Indigenous Peoples, with the demarcation of their lands being a historical demand. The analysis is based on Epistemologies of the South, which seek to deconstruct Eurocentric paradigms and give voice to the Global South in human and cultural issues.