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Reporter Dom Phillips spotted this Facebook ad for the sale of land in a protected Amazon reserve in 2019.🌳
One year after his murder, @FbdnStories and a consortium of 16 media outlets are continuing his work.
➡️ forbiddenstories.org/in-the-brazili…
#BrunoDomProject
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One year after his murder, @FbdnStories and a consortium of 16 media outlets are continuing his work.
➡️ forbiddenstories.org/in-the-brazili…
#BrunoDomProject
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Using this post as a starting point, we discovered dozens and dozens of plots registered in the name of individuals in protected areas in the Amazon.
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Image: Guillaume Meigniez
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Image: Guillaume Meigniez
Who's behind this organized land grabbing scheme? 🧐
A powerful rancher allegedly implicated in a series of fires that decimated the Amazon in 2019, Agamenon da Silva Menezes.
He confirmed the land registrations to the consortium.
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A powerful rancher allegedly implicated in a series of fires that decimated the Amazon in 2019, Agamenon da Silva Menezes.
He confirmed the land registrations to the consortium.
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We identified more than 60 suspicious ads like the one by Nair Brizola on Facebook, putting Amazonian land up for sale on Facebook.
Posing as potential customers, we got in touch with some of the sellers.
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Posing as potential customers, we got in touch with some of the sellers.
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One of them, who introduced himself as "João," offered to fell a gigantic plot of virgin forest "at (his) own risk."
For 800 reais per hectare, he said he’d burn the forest. 5/6
For 800 reais per hectare, he said he’d burn the forest. 5/6
✍️To discover all the services offered by "João," read @KarinePfenniger's article with @mrnaabr , @ocamargosdaniel from @reporterb and researcher Ruan Martins 👉 bit.ly/3MQptcy
All @FbdnStories articles about the #BrunoDomProject 👇 forbiddenstories.org/case/the-bruno…
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All @FbdnStories articles about the #BrunoDomProject 👇 forbiddenstories.org/case/the-bruno…
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