Brazil's lack of secure property rights stoking conflict, deterring investment - report

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Brazil's Amazon where no-one knows who exactly owns a swathe of territory the size of Ukraine, a lack of formal property deeds is causing conflict, greater deforestation and environmental damage, researchers said on Tuesday.

An area of 60 million hectares in Brazil's Amazonas state, 40 percent of the state's total area, is classified as vacant public land and lacks formal title deeds, the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) said.