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the Brazilian agrarian history. This means, in other words, that the central features that we list to
outline a Brazilian historical pattern of territorial ownership regulation are also shared in Para -
as well as its deleterious effects.
2.1.3. Cattle, soy and land grabbing
Livestock comes into play as a cause of deforestation in the internal frontier, usually leading to
deforestation, land division and resale of land (mostly non regularized and even indigenous
lands). This deforestation after extraction of hardwoods causes a high valuation of the land price,
very often funding the costs of livestock expansion on illegally occupied land. (Reydon, 2011)
The shift of forested areas to cattle rising usually accompanies the illegal extraction of
hardwoods in illegally appropriated land and lends thus the development of productive
appearances to a dilapidation process of public land with high social and environmental costs. As
the example of São Felix do Xingu shows, it holds 10% of the State of Pará cattle, with a herd
growth of 780% in 7 years. (Venturieri et al, 2004: 11)
As for soybeans, its entry in the Amazon since 1990 is a powerful threat to traditional
populations and biodiversity. The economic dynamics linked to soybean production in Pará is
particularly perverse, justifying large transport infrastructure projects that, in turn, initiate a chain
of events leading to the destruction of natural habitats to a great extent, beyond the areas planted
with soybeans (Fearnside, 2000). In addition to investments in transportation infrastructure, you
can also include the tax and credit incentives given by the government, which also add up to the
expansion of the economy of land grabbing and speculative land use in general public, which
justifies and pays for the illegal land appropriation.
2.2.Recent cases in MATOPIBA
The most recent cases of land grabbing in Brazil is occurring in a part of its cerrado region,
called Matopiba that has parts of the NE region and the North regions as can be seen in map 2.View entire presentation