Logging Truck in Para State, Brazil

A truck (not monitored by Greenpeace) drives on a non-paved road between the municipalities of Santarém and Uruará, Pará State.

An investigation by Greenpeace used covert GPS locator beacons to monitor logging trucks. During the day, empty logging trucks travel deep into the rainforest and at night they travel from illegal logging camps to sawmills in Santarém. These sawmills regularly export timber to Europe, China and the United States.

Unique identifier: GP0STONJ5

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/09/2014

Locations: Amazon, Brazil, Pará, South America

Credit line: © Otávio Almeida / Greenpeace

Latitude: 3°11'0.018"S

Longitude: 53°44'35.436"E

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Illegal Logging in Brazil

An investigation by Greenpeace used GPS locator beacons to monitor logging trucks. During the day, empty logging trucks travel deep into the rainforest and at night they travel from illegal logging camps to sawmills in Santarém. These sawmills regularly export timber to Europe, China and the United States.

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