Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: The police began investigations in December 2005 following a request from the Federal Prosecution Office, and found that the illegal seizure of indigenous reserves became more frequent after the 2002 decree. Up to now, 300,000 square km of indigenous reserves have been deforested and replaced by agriculture and cattle pastures.

decree