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  Who's Burning the Amazon? Rampant Capitalism

  

  wired.com

  Market forces and the administration of Jair Bolsonaro are supercharging the deforestation that's imperiling the world's biggest tropical rainforest.

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  'Either we change or we die': the radical farming project in the Amazon

  

  theguardian.com

  A growing movement for sustainable agriculture in Brazil has taken on new urgency with the coronavirus...

  A growing movement for sustainable agriculture in Brazil has taken on new urgency with the coronavirus pandemicThe cumaru trees could have been planted elsewhere in this Amazon reserve, where they had better chances of flourishing. Instead, they were planted in harsh, sandy soil in the dry savannah that breaks up the forest. Jack beans, guandu peas and other crops were planted in straw around...

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  Supertrees: Meet the Amazonian giant that helps the rainforest make its own rain

  

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  ‘The Amazon Is Completely Lawless’: The Rainforest After Bolsonaro’s First Year

  

  nytimes.com

  Deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest, an important buffer against climate change, has soared under President...

  Deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest, an important buffer against climate change, has soared under President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil.

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