To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Brazilian counterpart on the death of Janildo Oliveira Guajajara, a member of the Guardiões da Floresta collective.

I was appalled to learn of the death of Janildo Oliveira Guajajara on 3 September. The UK Embassy in Brazil regularly engages with government departments, indigenous leaders and civil society organisations in Brazil to discuss indigenous rights and raise our concerns about the security and human rights situation in the Amazon.

Earlier this month, FCDO officials in London met with Olimpio Guajajara, a leader of the Guardiões da Floresta collective, who spoke of the devastating impact of illegal logging and deforestation on his community.

Following the deaths of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, the Brazilian Senate published a report which recognises the escalating security situation in the Amazon. Embassy representatives discussed the report and possible ways to cooperate on addressing environmental crime and its impact on indigenous communities with a Senate member in August.