Brazil’s Amazon Is Under Threat from Proposed Land-Use Laws
New legislation could worsen an already vicious cycle of illegal land invasion and clearing.
Land Rights and Preservation
Although Brazil is among the 15 largest economies in the world, its land policies remain stubbornly stuck in a state of limbo between the modern and the archaic. Technological advances in agriculture have turned Brazilian farms into some of the world’s most productive; yet we have continued a pattern of exploitive rural settlement that dates … Read more
