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Paulinho Paiakan is a leader of the Kayapo people, an indigenous tribe of Brazil. He has led the Kayapo in their protests against destruction of the Amazon rainforest. ==Background== Paiakan was hired by the Brazilian government in 1971 to facilitate the construction of the Trans-Amazonian highway system through Kayapo lands.〔 〕 Once Paiakan saw the nature of the project first hand, he quit his job and began to mobilize his people against the project.〔 He took a splinter group of his home village and settled a new village named Aukre, where he set out to videotape the destruction of the rainforest and the Kayapo traditions.〔 Paiakan became known on the world stage, touring Europe and North America with public appearances and speaking engagements, sponsored by Friends of the Earth, the World Wildlife Fund and the Kayapo Support Group of Chicago in a campaign against the Altamira Dam project. Speaking at the University of Chicago, he said:
The World Bank announced that it would not grant Brazil a loan for the project after this campaign and the protest at Altamira that followed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paulinho Paiakan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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