Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.
Since March 22 this year, Brazil’s federal agency for land reform, known as Incra, has been looking into the registration of a sprawling ranch in the municipality of Fernando Falcão, in the northwestern state of Maranhão. According to the federal government’s Land Management System, the 11,000-hectare (27,000-acre) ranch is the subject of a property dispute. […]