Brazil carves national park to make room for grain railway

Mongabay
Jun 11, 2026, 2:06 pm184 ptsTrendingTop
A ruling by Brazil’s Supreme Court has given new momentum to one of the most controversial infrastructure projects in the Brazilian Amazon: The Ferrogrão railway. The plan is to link Sinop, in the grain-producing state of Mato Grosso, to the port of Miritituba in Pará, a key commodity export hub on the…

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