Luta pela vida– The struggle for life

Abstract

This paper is an introduction to the psychological perspective of the Indigenous people of Brazil, the violations of their human rights and what they perceive as ‘genocide’. From a world perspective the murdering of the best curators of the Amazon forest is perversely adding to the environmental crisis and climate change. Some prefer gold, and beef to the natural wonder of the Amazons. Pursuing monetary gains not only devalues but destroys both forest and humans, causing it to produce CO2instead of absorbing it, and a threat to the globe rather than mitigating disaster. The article touches on what psychology can offer to and learn from the Indigenous people and the need for more research.