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Article

3 May 2006

Author:
Jan Rocha, Guardian [UK]

At last, an Amazonian victory for the little guy [Brazil]

Last week...A judge had decided that 100 poor families who live in the rainforest on the banks of the Tapajos river, without a written document between them, have more right to their land than the powerful company...that wanted to evict them. What's more, the judge recognised that the families' way of life helps to preserve the forest...In court, the company, Indussolo, had used an archaic legal procedure...to justify its unfounded claim.