Proposal to allow the cultivation of cane sugar, illegal mining and exploitation of rare earths are threats on the northern region of Brazil.
Dark clouds over the Brazilian Amazon
O Eco
16 July 2013 at 3:18 (Updated on 14 September 2020 at 11:35)
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