EATING UP THE AMAZON 1

EATING UP
THE AMAZON
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Described as a ‘compulsive environmental criminal’ by a
Federal Prosecutor, land grabber José Donizetti Pires de
Oliveira is accused of illegal deforesting 1,645 hectares in an
area east of Santarém – rapidly becoming a frontier for the
expansion of soya. Oliveira was arrested on 17 March 2006
at the office of the Agricultural Producers Association in
Santarém (APAS), of which he is the president.