Tractor-trailer truckslin e up along a red and muddy earthen road. Large vinyl tarpaulins secured by ropes cover the open-topped hoppers of each one. Truck drivers hang out and prepare simple meals using stoves and kitchen utensils contained in a compact box built into the side of the truck cab. It’s early March, still the middle of a lush and highly predictable rainy season. Th e trucks wait for their turn and then enter a large modern compound with a football fi eld–sized building where they are loaded with recently harvested and dried soybeans and weighed.
Plano de Desenvolvimento Territorial Integrado e Sustentável da Região de Influência da BR-163 – Carta de Santarém
Esta Carta apresenta o resultado de debates e propostas do Plano de Desenvolvimento Territorial Integrado e Sustentável da Região de Influência da BR-163, que abrange 84 municípios dos Estados do Pará e do Mato Grosso e envolve aproximadamente 2 milhões de habitantes.
