At Utumuju peasants have occupied and cleared a stretch of Atlantic rainforest and planted it with banana trees.

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At Utumuju in Bahia, Brazil peasants have been ousted from the land farmed by their parents and grandparents. Here they have occupied and cleared a stretch of Atlantic rainforest being kept as a timber reserve by a big landowner, and have planted it with banana trees.

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Location: Brazil
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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