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.
Policy in Focus: Assentamentos Sustentáveis na Amazônia
Policy in Focus: Assentamentos Sustentáveis na Amazônia
Em capítulo da publicação "Policy in Focus", os autores debatem o papel dos assentamentos rurais na Amazônia no desmatamento, e apresentam o projeto "Assentamentos Sustentáveis na Amazônia", com apoio do Fundo Amazônia.