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    Land grabs put the rainforest at risk by increasing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

    How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation

    Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...

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    Gabriel Cardoso Carrero, Cynthia S. Simmons and Robert T. Walker
    Amazon, the land of fantasy

    Turning It into a Magic Place Is Not Doing the Amazon Any Good

    The Amazon, perhaps more than any other region of the globe, has consistently been ...

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    Stephen Nugent
    Fritz's map of Amazonia, published in 1707 - Samuel Fritz

    Tired of Being Denied Territory, Amazon Peoples Are Drawing Their Own Maps

    In 1707, a Jesuit missionary from the Czech Republic named Samuel Fritz published one ...

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    James Angus Fraser