Hands Off Our Rivers

Riverfolk demand halt to Tocantins shipping channel

Tiffany Higgins

Mar 23, 2026 — 12 min read

Traditional riverfolk in Pará state blocked the Transamazonian Highway to press Brazil to cancel a license to blast the Lourenção Rocks fishery for a shipping channel on the Tocantins and Araguaia rivers. Protesters also called for a halt to the planned channel construction. Photo: Weslley Souza.

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