Potassium mining project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe
Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supporters think it will ...
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Toothless ‘electric’ creature found in shallow river in Brazil. It’s a new species
Scientists found a toothless “electric” creature with “large” eyes in shallow streams and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View June 2012 ...
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Deforestation and airstrip close to isolated teen’s Indigenous land in Brazil Amazon
On the evening of Feb. 12, a teenager from an isolated Indigenous group voluntarily made contact with people in a fishing village in the western Brazilian Amazon, according to Brazil’s ...
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Sinkholes appear in Amazon as Brazilian city declares emergency
Several buildings in the city of Buriticupu, in the north eastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, have already been ... by the large soil erosions, known in Brazil as “voçoroca”, a word of ...