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Railway project in the Amazon raises questions over Brazil’s efforts to stop deforestation
The Ferrograo railway aims to transport up to 40 million metric tons annually, replacing hundreds of trucks but raising concerns over deforestation and Indigenous rights.
- Amid the U.N. climate summit in Belem, Chief Raoni Metuktire and Indigenous groups protested the Ferrograo railway project, which opponents say threatens Amazon deforestation.
- Supporters say a 170-car train could replace hundreds of trucks, with authorities citing the $3.8 billion project cost and the need to expand export infrastructure, Transport Minister Renan Filho said.
- The plan routes cargo nearly 1,000 kilometers from Sinop to Miritituba, moving corn and soybeans, with government estimates of annual capacity up to 40 million metric tons, potentially reaching 70 million.
- Legal representatives say they will litigate and seek damages of 1.7 billion Brazilian reais, while the government waits for the Supreme Court and congressional watchdog approvals.
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's anti-deforestation record faces scrutiny as experts warn forest clearing leads to deforestation, monoculture and toxics, with new projections due next year from Brazil's Transportation Ministry to the congressional watchdog.
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Railway project in the Amazon raises questions over Brazil's efforts to stop deforestation
As Brazil’s government seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations’ climate summit, a proposal to build a railway through the Amazon has threatened to tarnish that image amid protests by Indigenous groups.
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