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A fisherman inspects the area of the new hydroelectric - Photo: Gustavo Faleiros

Once Expelled from Belo Monte, Brazil’s River People Are Back to Their Old Spot

All is not quiet on Brazil’s western frontier. Families that were displaced from their ...

Açaí, Brazil Nuts and Other Amazon Trees Are Only Abundant Thanks to Ancient Indians

Ancient indigenous peoples had a far more profound impact on the composition of the ...

Brazil Is Losing Conservation Reserves. Mining Interests Seem to Be Behind the Move

New legislation in Brazil has been proposed to reduce or eliminate several Amazon conservation ...

Roads, Railways, Waterways, Dams: an Elaborate Plan to Kill the Amazon

The Amazon’s rivers once were sufficient for commerce, now international commodities traders want to ...

Why I Wrote Brazilian Tequila – a Journey into the Interior

In a dark corner of the library in my Jesuit school in Ireland there ...