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    Sebastiana Pinto da Silva, midwife at Terra Dominial Indígena Barreira da Missão, in Tefé, Amazonas Photo: Luís Patriani.

    ‘Doctors Have Science, We Have Wisdom,” Says Midwife Defending Her Work Inside the Amazon

    The community of Deus é Pai (“God is our Father”) sits by the Tefé ...

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    Luís Patriani
    Construction of an elevated section of the FIOL railway line. Image by Rafael Martins.

    Builders of Railroad in Brazil Call It Progress. The Price Is Too High Say Locals

    It happened eight years ago: Elicarlos Ferreira da Silva and his family were returning ...

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    Spensy Pimentel and Rafael Martins
    Rutian Pataxó, poses at historic center of Salvador, capital of Bahia state. Image by Raul Spinassé

    Brazilian Indians Keep Their Culture Alive by Living in Big Cities

    Leaning on the balcony railing at her rickety house, perched above the stairs and ...

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    Alexandre Lyrio
    The environmental license for the Grainway project could come soon. Image courtesy of the Brazilian National Land Transportation Agency (ANTT).

    Amazon Indians Living 10,000 Years in Area Want a Say in New Grainway Train Project

    A controversial freight railway line that would cut through Indigenous lands in the Brazilian ...

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    Jennifer Ann Thomas
    At first glance, the Cerrado looks barren. But the savanna boasts important aquifers and provides major carbon storage. Andressa Zumpano / Action Aid.

    Only Now the World Is Starting to Learn How Vital Is Brazil’s Cerrado to Our Planet

    On May 6, 2015, the Brazilian government officially recognized a special economic region, one ...

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    Peter Yeung
    The flower gatherers of the Serra do Espinhaço in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Image: João Roberto Ripper

    Survival of Brazil’s Flower-gatherers, a 300-year-old Activity, Threatened by Mining and State

    “The mountain range is our soil, our life,” affirms Maria de Fátima Alves, head ...

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    Thais Borges and Sue Branford
    The BR-319 is now passable in the dry season due to a "maintenance" program begun in 2016 - Photo: P.M. Fearnside.

    Here Starts the End of Brazil’s Amazon Forest. It’s Called BR-319 Highway

    The BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) Highway was built in the early 1970s by Brazil’s military ...

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    Philip M. Fearnside
    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