For Indigenous Zoró, the Brazil nut is a weapon against deforestation

Mongabay
Dec 3, 2021, 4:42 am217 pts
“When people see the nuts all bagged up here, they think it’s easy, but it’s really tough out there in the rainforest,” says Waratan. “You have to find them, cut them, put them together, carry them to the village, wash, dry, bag them up. This is why my people say: value our work.” Waratan is a…

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