Judge Sueli Pini, left, talks with state prosecurot Andre Araujo at the beginning of a day aboard of the "Tribuna" courtroom boat in the Balique island arquipelago of the Amazon river delta of Brazil's northern Amapa state. Every two months some 40 people from the justice department and other state agencies travel from the state capital Macapa down the Amazon river in a mission to bring state services to residents of the remote region. It is a unique Brazilian solution to the immense geography of the Amazon, where roads do not exist and travel is costly and slow. People who once lived their whole lives with no records of birth, mariage, death, or even ID cards, are no longer forgotton by the state in this real life waterworld. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

Judge Sueli Pini, left, talks with state prosecurot Andre Araujo at the beginning of a day aboard of the "Tribuna" courtroom boat in the Balique island arquipelago of the Amazon river delta of Brazil's northern Amapa state. Every two months some 40 people from the justice department and other state agencies travel from the state capital Macapa down the Amazon river in a mission to bring state services to residents of the remote region. It is a unique Brazilian solution to the immense geography of the Amazon, where roads do not exist and travel is costly and slow. People who once lived their whole lives with no records of birth, mariage, death, or even ID cards, are no longer forgotton by the state in this real life waterworld. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)