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Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil.
Two-thirds of Amazon deforestation results from conversion to pasture for livestock, according to the Brazilian government.
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Left: Anama, Brazil, flooded. Right: Manaus, Brazil, dried up
Brazil's Amazon region has faced both devastating flooding and extreme drought.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the Amazon Rainforest
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and the Amazon rainforest.
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LiDAR captured the ruins of a civilization in the Brazilian Amazon.
Lidar captured the ruins of a civilization in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon.