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The big money battle to control the Amazon

The world’s most contentious piece of land
Who owns the Amazon?
The first settlers
Colonial influence
Brazil's Gold Rush
The rubber boom
The growth of cattle ranching
Energy reserves discovered in the 1960s
Early infrastructure develops in the 1970s
The second gold rush in the 1980s
Violations on protected indigenous land
Agribusiness in the Amazon
The role of cattle ranchers
The global agribusinesses involved
A company plagued by scandal
What about the meat in your supermarket?
What about the meat in your supermarket?
Could your burger be the product of deforestation?
Looking further down the supply chain
Supermarkets pledges are falling short
China’s soy demand
Big banks invested in soy and cattle companies
It’s not just farming...
Criminal gangs are involved
Illegal mining
Illegal mining
The companies taking a stand
Charities lead protests
What's happening under the current government?
Bolsonaro to blame
The cost of deforestation
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The world’s most contentious piece of land

​Every day around 10,000 acres of the Amazon are destroyed. With as much as 20% of the rainforest already lost forever, controversy has long surrounded the region as big businesses – attracted to natural resources including gold, crude oil, timber and land – have clashed with indigenous people and environmentalists over how the forest should be used. As deforestation in Brazil reaches record levels, and President Bolsonaro attempts to pass a bill that would allow mining on indigenous reservations, we expose the huge global powers fighting over the Amazon. 

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Frances Carruthers

11 March 2022

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