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 na Amazônia mato-grossense (Prodes/2015): Análise das características do desmatamento e das políticas públicas implementadas
Desmatamento na Amazônia mato-grossense (Prodes/2015): Análise das características do desmatamento e das políticas públicas implementadas
Neste documento, IPAM e ICV (Instituto Centro de Vida) apresentam as características do desmatamento detectado pelo Prodes de Agosto de 2014 a Julho de 2015, além das principais medidas implementadas até hoje para reduzi-lo.