The Settler

LandRush - Frontier Land

LandRush - Frontier Land
Frauke Huber, Uwe H. Martin

The soya highway connects the enormous farms in west Brazil to the Amazon harbor of Santarem. The road is the artery through which life flows into the region. In just forty years the road opened up the wilderness to commercial development which renders the land from forest to industrial.

The Settler

Anorival Missassi one of the first settlers in Novo Progresso talks about the colonization, environmental laws and the completion of the BR-163.

The Settler
Artist/Author: Uwe H. Martin Frauke Huber

Anorival Missassi one of the first settlers in Novo Progresso talks about the colonization, environmental laws and the completion of the BR-163.