The Island

Adriel Brito, 13, points to the place where once was the house of his uncle. After he lost the house for the dunes he decided to move to the nearby city of Santo Amaro. During the summer, the lack of water and the strong winds make the dunes advance and take over parts of the oasis. But not only their life is threaten by the tourism and the sand. The Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) is planning to remove them since they live in a National Park. The residents refuse to move since many of them were born there and lived all their lives in the Queimada. They claim that more than a threat they are a protection to the Lençois do Maranhão.

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Adriel Brito, 13, points to the place where once was the house of his uncle. After he lost the house for the dunes he decided to move to the nearby city of Santo Amaro. During the summer, the lack of water and the strong winds make the dunes advance and take over parts of the oasis. But not only their life is threaten by the tourism and the sand. The Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) is planning to remove them since they live in a National Park. The residents refuse to move since many of them were born there and lived all their lives in the Queimada. They claim that more than a threat they are a protection to the Lençois do Maranhão.