Guardian Australia · Global development

‘We said no, no, no, but they kept insisting’: the Paraguayan people battling a eucalyptus empire

· By Laurence Blair
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It is Paraguay’s largest private investment but local people accuse a forestry giant of ignoring their contamination concerns over its vast plantationWhen Paracel arrived in Tacuarita, an Indigenous community of homes made from planks and plastic sheeting in Paraguay’s poorest region, six years ago, it was a welcome…

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