Slashed forest protections ignites land grabbing frenzy in Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay
Dec 22, 2021, 5:04 pm256 pts
Near the western fringe of the Brazilian Amazon, the emerald canopy blankets hundreds of thousands of hectares. Tucked into the vast Guajará-Mirim State Park, savanna forest stretches for miles before melting into rainforest, in a rare encounter of two starkly different ecosystems. But, abruptly, lush jungle…

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