karipuna. the journey by car and boat takes nearly five hours. it's been many weeks since adriano been home. he suddenly receives a message and immediately contacts his lawyer. a man appears to have died on karipuna territory and the police are investigating. he was not a member of the community and no one knew him. it's possible he was involved in logging, like many who enter the area illegally. adriano karipuna gathers all the information he can, as it could support his people's ongoing lawsuit against the state of rondonia and the brazilian government. one of those observing the growing conflict is edjales de brito. today he's an independent environmental advisor for members of parliament, but he previously spent several years heading up the local environmental authority. edjales: a real disaster has been happening in brazil's environmental policy. it's like a demolition, and an orchestrated one at that. it's happening at local, state, and federal levels and with the involvement of the executive and legislative powers. just to give you an idea, rondonia's state parliament held