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.
Cerrado e Terras Privadas
A Conferência do Clima das Nações Unidas, COP30, que será em novembro, em Belém, traz a Amazônia para o centro da discussão global sobre o clima, mas não pode deixar de fora debates e propostas sobre o Cerrado, alerta um policy brief desenvolvido por cientistas do...
