Pastoral Land Commission records more killings and fewer occupations in 2010 http://www.mstbrazil.org/news/pastoral-land-commission-records-more-killings-fewer-occupations-2010

The CPT publication also shows that land conflicts in the Northeast region rose from 320 in 2009 to 440 in 2010, a rise of 37.5%. There was a sharp rise in Bahia (from 48 cases to 91, an 89.6% increase) and in Maranhão (from 112 to 199, or 77%). Pernambuco, Sergipe, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba and Ceará also had higher rates in 2010 compared to 2009. In other regions there was a decline.This escalation, according to the geographer, is linked to agri-hydrobusiness and the mining sector. He drew attention to the offensive launched against the quilombolas communities in Maranhão as well as to the water conflicts linked to mineral prospecting in Bahia.