the rather thin rainforest
soil—burn down some more and move on.
But Mr Lucio has no plans to do that, nor, if they are to be believed, do any of the other ranchers in Paragominas.
Burning down the rainforest, in addition to having been outlawed, has also become socially unacceptable. Mr Lucio is focusing on raising his income not by colonising more land but by increasing his farm’s productivity.