Tres Fronteras Explained
Tres Fronteras (Portuguese: Três Fronteiras, English: Three Frontiers) is the Spanish name for an area of the Amazon rainforest in the Upper Amazon region of South America. It includes, and is named for, the tripoint where the borders of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia meet. The upper Amazon River flows through the area.
Geography
The area is noted for its natural beauty. Cities in the Tres Fronteras area include Tabatinga (in Brazil), Leticia (in Colombia), and Santa Rosa de Yavari (in Peru) on an island in the Amazon River.
Much of this land is within the borders of the Alto Rio Negro and Yanomami reserves, a combined 18 million hectares.[1]
Population
According to Fabricio Amorim from Fundação Nacional do Índio, the region contains "the greatest concentration of isolated groups in the Amazon and the world".[2] [3]
Crime
A UN report said that the hotspot where a reporter was killed."probably [had] among the densest concentration of organized crime groups on earth”.[4] In June 2022 Guardian reporter Dom Phillips and his companion Bruno Pereira were killed in Tabatinga in the Vale do Javari.[5]
See also
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Notes and References
- https://insightcrime.org/investigations/challenges-opportunities-protecting-amazon-tri-border-regions/ Challenges and Opportunities in Protecting Amazon Tri-Border Regions
- News: Uncontacted tribe found deep in Amazon rainforest . Tom . Phillips . . 22 June 2011 . 22 June 2011.
- Web site: One year after killings in Brazil’s Amazon, tensions run high: Defence of Indigenous lands in Brazil still poses many dangers, a year after killing of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips.. Al Jazeera. Monica Yanakiew. 5 Jun 2023.
- Web site: Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar: Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation. Tom Phillips. Ana Ionova . The Guardian. 28 June 2023.
- Web site: Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns: Alexandre Saraiva gives alert on organised crime in region ahead of anniversary of killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira. Tom Phillips. Jonathan Watts. 1 June 2023. The Guardian.
