Aracruz Celulose has documents and data to challenge FUNAI's recomendation, that tries to expand the Espírito Santo Indians reservation on the company's lands.
The main argument used by FUNAI and the indigenous communities to expand the ES Indian reservations on company's land - "to maintain their (the Indians) traditional way of life" - does not match the current reality of these people.
In the region of Nova Almeida and Santa Cruz, at the time of the Jesuits, Indians from various ethnic backgrounds were grouped together and, over time, lost their traditions and habits.
