’ ▁murder . ▁This ▁political ▁le verage ▁gave ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁the ▁forest ▁( larg ely ▁rub ber ▁t app ers ▁and ▁Ind igen ous ▁people ) ▁access ▁to ▁important ▁vict ories . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁and ▁tang ible ▁vict ories ▁was ▁the ▁dem arc ation ▁of ▁Kay ap o ▁and ▁Yan om ami ▁lands ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁over seen ▁by ▁the ▁Col lor ▁administration . ▁However , ▁despite ▁the ▁success es ▁Ind igen ous ▁pe op les ▁saw ▁in ▁land ▁recognition ▁during ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁so ver eign ▁nations ▁experienced ▁inten se ▁violence ▁within ▁their ▁borders ▁by ▁out s iders ▁during ▁the ▁following ▁years . ▁ ▁Ch anges ▁within ▁the ▁Brazil ian ▁government ▁ ▁The ▁years ▁after ▁M endes ’ ▁murder ▁also ▁saw ▁a ▁focus ▁on ▁M endes ’ ▁personal ▁advoc acy ▁projects . ▁One ▁of ▁M endes ’ ▁main ▁ideas , ▁and ▁a ▁last ing ▁impact ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁activ ism , ▁is ▁Brazil ’ s ▁extract ive ▁res erves ▁- ▁forest ▁land ▁set ▁aside ▁by ▁the ▁Brazil ian ▁government ▁to ▁be ▁managed ▁co oper atively ▁by ▁loc als , ▁who ▁keep ▁it ▁health y ▁while ▁gather ing ▁its ▁rub ber , ▁n uts , ▁and ▁other ▁products ▁to ▁sell . ▁These ▁extract ive ▁res erves ▁are ▁fund ed ▁in ▁part ▁by ▁the ▁World ▁Bank , ▁which ▁once ▁fin anced ▁roads ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁Amazon ▁easier ▁to ▁cut ▁down . ▁Their ▁change ▁of ▁heart ▁can ▁be ▁attributed ▁to ▁M endes ’ ▁in