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    A charcoal producer poses in front of the charcoal kilns he works at, in Brazil. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Fabio Teixeira

    Thousands Work as Slaves in Brazil’s Charcoal Industry

    For more than a year, Antonio slept with a wasp nest humming above his ...

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    Fabio Teixeira

    Brazil Fights Pollution and Deforestation with Thousands of Ecological Stoves

    Woodland in Brazil is being cut down, day after day. The local people say ...

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    Marianne Osterkorn

    Brazilian Ecodesigner Brings Art Out of Wood Scrap and Damaged Trees

    Pedro Petry, a Brazilian ecodesigner, is a pioneer in the research and use of ...

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    Geovana Pagel

    Art and Social Inclusion Out of Discarded Wood in Brazil

    In the hands of five artisans from the outskirts of São Paulo, discarded wood ...

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    Débora Rubin

    Brazil Plays Catch Up in the Wood Industry Investing in Education

    The wood sector in Brazil is in expansion mode. Exports of the forest-based sector ...

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    Omar Nasser

    Control and Productivity Save 1 Million Trees in Brazil

    Greater rigor on the part of Brazil’s National Institute for the Environment and Renewable ...

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    Thaís Brianezi

    Brazil Amazon’s Wood Exports Jump to US$ 1 Billion

    A study by Brazil’s non-governmental organization, Imazon (the Amazonian Institute for Man and the ...

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    Benedito Mendonça