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Manbol Is The Mango Ball Game Capturing Hearts in Brazil

Tico Times - March 5, 2024

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Brazil’s Growing Embrace of Natural Pesticides

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Açaí Boom Threatens Amazon Biodiversity Through Monocropping

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Amazon Nations Pledge Alliance to Save Rainforest

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Threat to Endangered Macaws in Brazilian Wind Farm

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A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry:...

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Illegal Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Life on the edge

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Working under an improvised shed hidden in the rainforest, Webson Nunes hears a shout and flips on his winch, hauling a colleague up from...

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Amazon Indigenous lands prevent disease, save billions: study

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Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tones of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs...

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Scientists make ‘disturbing’ find on remote island: plastic rocks

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There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of...

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Rio Carnival Costumes Get a Second Life

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Proudly, Regina Coeli adorns herself with a spectacular crown of green and orange feathers. She prepares to parade in a "escola" in a town...

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Rio Carnival 2023: A Vibrant Celebration of Life and Democracy

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Rio de Janeiro's mayor declared the world's biggest carnival officially open Friday for the first full-scale edition in three years, calling it a celebration...