Crackdown lets rainforest reclaim illegal road in rare win for the Amazon
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A 42.8-kilometer illegal road that cut through the Xingu Socioenvironmental Corridor in the Brazilian Amazon in 2022 has been reclaimed by regrowing forest by 2025, following civil society pressure and government enforcement operations in early 2023. Satellite imagery confirms the road is gone—a reversal rarely seen in the region, where 95% of Amazon deforestation occurs within 5 km of roads.
Gains remain fragile; Indigenous territories continue to face violent invasion, illegal mining is regrouping, and Brazil's October 2026 elections could reshape environmental enforcement.
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