Cattle-driven clearing continues in Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu protected area

2021-04-16 21:40
Forest loss in Brazil’s lush Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area marches on, driven largely by a hunger for beef, emboldened land grabbers, and a lack of law enforcement. Triunfo do Xingu lies in the ecologically rich Xingu Basin in the Brazilian Amazon and spans some ​​1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) — an area […]