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.
Amazônia em Chamas 9 – O novo e alarmante patamar do desmatamento na Amazônia
Amazônia em Chamas 9 – O novo e alarmante patamar do desmatamento na Amazônia
Desmatamento anual de 2019 a 2021 foi 56,6% maior que entre 2016 e 2018 na Amazônia; terras públicas concentraram 51% do desmatamento no último triênio, 83% dessas de domínio federal.