Undesignated areas in the Legal Amazon

10 de December de 2018

Dec 10, 2018

Vivian Ribeiro

There are 65 million hectares of undesignated areas in the Legal Amazon. Their current status increases their vulnerability to land grabbing and illegal timber extraction. It is urgent to destinate those lands to protection.

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