Brazil: Brazil's Quilombos Face Eucalyptus Giant in Land War

Jan 5, 2017 | Luisa Torre and Patrik Camporez Macao, Al Jazeera
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In Sape do Norte, in the far north of Espirito Santo, Brazil, 32 communities refer to the 111,000 hectares of land as the "green desert". Quilombolas, members of these communities, are the descendants of slaves who created settlements called quilombos. The "green desert" refers to the eucalyptus plantation which has gradually spread over land that they claim is rightfully theirs.