In Brazil’s agricultural heartland, rivers run dry as monoculture advances

Mongabay
Dec 14, 2022, 6:31 pm129 pts
NAVIRAÍ, Brazil — The red earth is dusty and cracked, parched from weeks without rain. Fields planted with neat rows of corn stretch for miles across this part of Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil’s agricultural heartland. Tucked amid the cornstalks swaying in the wind, a sign points the way to the Várzeas…

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