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 cai e tem baixa recorde
Desmatamento cai e tem baixa recorde
Matéria da Folha de São Paulo traz projeção indicando que a Amazônia perdeu 9.600 km2 de floresta entre 2006 e 2007, 30% menos do que no período anterior.