It is Paraguay’s largest private investment but local people accuse a forestry giant of ignoring their contamination concerns over its vast plantationWhen Paracel arrived in Tacuarita, an Indigenous community of homes made from planks and plastic sheeting in Paraguay’s poorest region, six years ago, it was a welcome sight. The company improved the dirt roads and dug an electric-powered well, saving villagers a two-mile journey to fetch water from a cattle pond that often made them sick. It also gave dozens of local people forestry jobs.“They fulfilled all their promises,” says Florencio Garcete, 55, chief of the Mbya Guaraní community of 211 people. Continue reading...
‘We said no, no, no, but they kept insisting’: the Paraguayan people battling a eucalyptus empire
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The Guardian - AustraliaBy Laurence Blair in Concepción, Maximiliano Manzoni in Asunción, and Marcello Rossi in Parma. Photographs and video by Matteo Fabi
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
It is Paraguay’s largest private investment but local people accuse a forestry giant of ignoring their contamination concerns over its vast plantation When Paracel arrived in Tacuarita, an Indigenous community of homes made from planks and plastic sheeting in Paraguay’s poorest region, six years ago, it was a welcome sight. The company improved the dirt roads and dug an electric-powered well, saving villagers a two-mile journey to fetch water from a cattle pond that often made them sick. It also
Key Takeaways
- ‘We said no, no, no, but they kept insisting’: the Paraguayan people battling a eucalyptus empire.
- The company improved the dirt roads and dug an electric-powered well, saving villagers a two-mile journey to fetch water from a cattle pond that often made them sick.
- The company improved the dirt roads and dug an electric-powered well, saving villagers a two-mile journey to fetch water from a cattle pond that often made them sick.
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