Tractor-trailer truckslin e up along a red and muddy earthen road. Large vinyl tarpaulins secured by ropes cover the open-topped hoppers of each one. Truck drivers hang out and prepare simple meals using stoves and kitchen utensils contained in a compact box built into the side of the truck cab. It’s early March, still the middle of a lush and highly predictable rainy season. Th e trucks wait for their turn and then enter a large modern compound with a football fi eld–sized building where they are loaded with recently harvested and dried soybeans and weighed.
Desmatamento zero na Amazônia brasileira: o que ainda falta?
Desmatamento zero na Amazônia brasileira: o que ainda falta?
Versão resumida e em português de artigo publicado na revista científica on-line Elementa com seis desafios e seis estratégias para se obter o fim do desmatamento, legal e ilegal, na Amazônia.