…[T]he Awá…are…on the edge of extinction…But it is not just the loss of the trees that has created a situation so serious that it led a Brazilian judge, José Carlos do Vale Madeira, to describe it as "a real genocide"…Hired gunmen…are…hunting Awá…in the way of land-grabbers…their families wiped out…The Awá…troubles began…with…iron ore deposits found…The EEC gave Brazil $600m to build a…railway [that] cut…through the Awá's land…It was, according to Survival's research director, Fiona Watson, a recipe for disaster. The Awá…are being invaded by loggers, settlers and cattle ranchers…They have said…'If we have no forest, we can't feed our children and we will die'…The Brazilian embassy in London referred requests for a response to the president's Human Rights Secretariat, which did not respond. However, Brazil…has been making progress in tackling illegal logging…