Squeezed-out Amazon smallholders seek new frontiers in Brazil’s Roraima state

Mongabay
Mar 12, 2024, 7:00 am209 ptsTrending
CAROEBE, Brazil — Onésio Nascimento has worked the land his whole life, moving from one Brazilian farming frontier to the next. During the coronavirus pandemic, he sold 20 hectares (50 acres) of land in northwest Mato Grosso state and used the money to buy 100 hectares (250 acres), more than 1,500 kilometers…

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