Lack of protection leaves Spain-size swath of Brazilian Amazon up for grabs
Lack of protection leaves Spain-size swath of Brazilian Amazon up for grabs by Jenny Gonzales on 8 January 2021 Fifty million hectares (124 million acres) of undesignated forest in the Brazilian Amazon, an area the size of Spain, is under growing threat of illegal occupation and deforestation facilitated by a controversial government land registry. A Greenpeace Brazil study shows 62% of undesignated forest along a stretch of the BR-163 Highway has been illegally invaded and then registered by the occupiers with the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR). CAR, a self-declaratory system, was creat...
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