Facts and figures
Indigenous peoples physically occupy 404 million hectares in Latin America
That is about one fifth of the total area of the region
Of the 404 million hectares, 237 million (almost 60%) are in the Amazon Basin. That is an area larger than France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Spain combined
Indigenous and tribal peoples are involved in the communal governance of between 320 and 380 million hectares of forests
About 35% of Latin America's forests are in areas occupied by indigenous groups.
More than 80% of the area occupied by indigenous peoples is covered with forests.
Almost half (45%) of the remaining intact forests (large undegraded forest areas) in the Amazon Basin are in indigenous territories.
