Brazil's highest court has ordered an inquiry after protected areas of the Amazon rainforest were offered for sale on Facebook. Facebook said it was 'ready to work with local authorities' but indicated it would not take independent action of its own. One seller, Fabricio Guimaraes, had burned a patch of rainforest to the ground and set an asking price of £25,000. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso has asked the country's attorney general and the ministry of justice to investigate the findings. Barroso said the investigation should not be restricted to the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau territory, but should also cover 'all other indigenous lands'.

Source: Daily Mail March 06, 2021 01:07 UTC