Prolonged drought brings unprecedented changes to Amazonian communities in Pará

Mongabay
Dec 6, 2023, 1:50 pm170 pts
SANTARÉM, Brazil — It was the first time in his life that Robson Chaves de Souza had seen the Tapajós River so far back from the shore. In October, the sandy beach that divides his community and the river became a gaping expanse of parched mud. Even now, the land in the community remains parched and dusty.…

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