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    Women strip away the outer husk of the babassu palm nut. Image by Peter Caton courtesy of ISPN

    Big Agribusiness Threatens Livelihood of 400.000 Coconut Breakers in Brazil’s Cerrado

    Every September for half a century, Maria Antônia Trindade Mendes has started the babassu ...

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    Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo
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    Victoria Regia and the Amazon

    Amazon Threatened by Presidential Election. Brazil Might Follow Trump Out of Paris Agreement

    Almost every Brazilian (91 percent) wants to get closer to nature, while 27 percent ...

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    Jenny Gonzales
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    Brazil's Cerrado - Wikimedia

    Don’t Expect Brazil’s Cerrado Forest to Be Saved by the Corporate World

    To the south of the Amazon basin lies a huge savannah known as the ...

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    Paul Jepson and Sergio Henrique Collaco de Carvalho
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    Roaming the Brazilian Amazon in Search of the Flying Monkey

    The saki, or “flying monkey,” a mid-sized South American primate, gets its nickname from ...

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    Christina Selby
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    One Quarter of Brazilian Territory Is Covered by Public Forests

    Public forests in Brazil cover today 211 million hectares (521 million acres) or 25% ...

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    Ivan Richard
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    Now, 9.6% of Brazil’s Amazon Are Under Federal Protection

    Yesterday, June 5, on World Environment Day, the Brazilian government created three new conservation ...

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    Carolina Pimentel
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    Brazil Trusts Private Sector Can Keep Forests Alive

    "This public forests management bill is not a cure-all for our country’s problems of ...

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    Ana Paula Marra
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