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Socorro Kapinawá, an Indigenous leader in Malhador village, Kapinawá territory. Photo by Xavier Bartaburu/Mongabay.

The 50-year-old Heroic Fight of Brazil’s Kapinawá Indigenous People Against Land-grabbers

In the Brazilian backlands, the jurema is a most willful tree: When you think ...

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Xavier Bartaburu
The southern muriqui, endemic to Brazil, is in danger of extinction. Rob Jansen / Shutterstock

Threat of Extinction to Brazilian Primates Is Also a Threat to the Forest

We tend to think of debt as purely financial, but we can also reap ...

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Juan Carlos Guix and Antoni Serra Sorribes
Brazilian puma (onça parda) - Alexandre Marchetti/Itaipu Bin

Over 3,000 Brazilian Animal and Plant Species Are Endangered or Vulnerable to Extinction

Brazil has 3,229 animal and plant species under threat — 19.8 percent of the ...

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Ana Cristina Campos