Hardwood
International state-owned companies purchase large plots of land and remove the existing vegetation and forests.
Instead a monoculture of eucalyptus trees is planted. These are profitable for industry as a fast-growing tree that is turned into charcoal, an important ingredient for processing iron ore into steel. The eucalyptus is a demanding tree, drawing all the water and nutrients from the soil. Once the original flora is lost, the fauna also takes leave. What remains is a green desert, in which only an individual defies suppression.
