Brazilian Amazon protected areas ‘in flames’ as land-grabbers invade

Mongabay
Aug 7, 2020, 6:05 pm263 pts
In a remote slice of Triunfo do Xingu, deep in Brazil’s northern Pará state, swaths of lush forest have been engulfed by flames in recent days. In another stretch to the north, a patch of untouched jungle has been almost entirely cleared this year. In countless other parts of this vast protected region, the…

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