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Migration opens up new territories in the Brazilian Amazon in the 20th century
There have been three major sources of Brazilian immigrants in the twentieth century: the Northeast, where emigration offers ...
A long, long walk for water
BEARING six-litre bottles of water on their shoulders, members of Colombia’s Indigenous Yagua community tramp along the dried ...
Brazil grain barge shipping returns as Amazonian drought subsides
Transportation of soybeans and corn on barges along the Brazilian Amazon's Tapajos River, which had been suspended in early ...
Agribusiness-friendly states in Brazil try to undo forest protections
Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressures from cattle ranchers and ...
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Researchers find high levels of mercury in Amazon’s Madeira River water & fish
Initial results from Harvard reveal high levels of mercury in the Madeira, although still below the limit recommended by ...
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Belem, host of COP30, is Amazonian city plagued with pollution and violence
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. As COP29 ends all eyes turn to the upcoming COP30 in Belem, the ...