Brazil hopes to curb Amazon deforestation by giving squatters deeds to the land they've seized
https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-tries-novel-fix-for-amazon-deforestation-legalize-squatters-11580486956
Cattle belonging to Joáo Bueno, who built a 45,000-acre network of ranches in the Amazon state of Pará. 'Land without documentation is nobody's land, so people take advantage of it to clear forest for pastures,' he said.The idea is that slash-and-burn farmers will care for the land if they own it, instead of just abandoning depleted fields to carve out new ones, and law enforcement can more easily crack down on illegal cutting.
Cattle belonging to Joáo Bueno, who built a 45,000-acre network of ranches in the Amazon state of Pará. 'Land without documentation is nobody's land, so people take advantage of it to clear forest for pastures,' he said.
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