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