Abstract
In the Brazilian Amazon, illegal deforestation increased by 37.5% between 2016 and 2020 (1). Since 2019, 50% of annual forest destruction has occurred on public lands, perpetrated by land grabbers (2). Protected areas and undesignated public forests have been invaded and illegally deforested by land grabbers who sell the land for profit and use its natural resources (3). The government's actions have been ineffective in curbing deforestation (4). From January to May, deforestation in the region increased by 25% compared to the same period a year earlier (1). Land grabbing and deforestation have been promoted by loosening protection regulations (5–8). Fortunately, in the absence of effective strategies by the executive branch of government, the Brazilian judiciary has been creative.
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