In the municipality of Caarapó, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Raízen controls the Nova América mill,
leased from the Santa Claudina farm owned by state representative José Teixeira, which trespasses
onto the Guyraroca indigenous land. The area has already been visited by Brazil’s national
organisation for Indigenous people Funai and a summary of the identification and description
was published in the Federal Official Gazette Diário Oficial. A technical note of the Federal public
prosecutor confirms that the farming activities on the Guyraroca territory has caused accelerated
environmental degradation, particularly to the riparian forest around streams and rivers.
This degradation is a contributing factor to the drying up and silting of mines and river courses.