Brazilian police have arrested a businessman, identified as Bruno Heller, in Novo Progresso, southern Pará, accused of being responsible for deforesting over 6,500 hectares of the Amazon rainforest. This action was part of a federal operation called “Retomada,” aimed at combating fraudulent land registration for deforestation. The courts have frozen 16 farms, 10,000 heads of […]
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