Valéria Amaral
Agência Brasil

Brasília – Under renewed pressure from the Landless Rural Worker Movement (MST), which has once again invaded land owned by Aracruz Celulose, a large paper company, the Forest Institute (Instituto de Defesa e Florestal) (Idaph) in the state of Espirito Santo, says it is looking into the history and documents of the area, known as Fazenda Agril, where Aracruz grows eucaliptus trees for use in its paper mills. The institute will decide if Aracruz is the legal owner.

In a note, Aracruz says it will file a complaint to get a court order for the removal of the MST invaders because they are causing "material, environmental and scientific damage."

Translation: Allen Bennett