Tag: land-grabber

Fire it the cheapest and most common way of clearing land in the Amazon.

Brazil Government and Private Registrars Blame Each Other for Land Titles Mess in the Amazon

For a farmer in Brazil’s Amazon, Manoel Freire Camurca was doing pretty well for ...

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Chris Arsenault and Karla Mendes
Families are camped in disputed areas - Photo: Thaís Borges

A Brazil Judge Rules Again in Favor of Land-grabbers, Against Peasants in the Amazon

Until this week, 80 impoverished families, camped for almost a year under black plastic ...

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Sue Branford and Maurício Torres
Cow on grass land. Author: Alex Andrews

Brazil Keeps Fining Pedro Cordeiro, a Crook and Land-grabber. But Does He Even Exist?

In April 2017, Brazilian environmental agents fined Pedro Cordeiro US$ 9.2 million for converting ...

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Fabiano Maisonnave