Court convictions are the exception in Amazon land-grabbing cases, study shows

Mongabay
Aug 6, 2025, 8:40 am156 pts
A recent study published by Imazon, the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment, demonstrates how difficult it is to punish land grabbing in the Brazilian rainforest. The researchers analyzed 78 criminal lawsuits related to land-grabbing cases, most of them in Pará state, followed by Amazonas and…

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