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Brazil’s Bolsonaro plans to axe environmental panel that protects Amazon rainforest

Brazil’s Bolsonaro plans to axe environmental panel that protects Amazon rainforest | Galapagos | Scoop.it
Jair Bolsonaro’s administration is considering axing an independent panel for Brazil’s environmental policy in a move that activists warn could lead to increased deforestation, documents have revealed.
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Coca-Cola, Nestle To Privatize World’s Second Largest Aquifer in Brazil

Coca-Cola, Nestle To Privatize World’s Second Largest Aquifer in Brazil | Galapagos | Scoop.it
A push in Brazil to see the Guarani Aquifer, one of the world’s largest freshwater reserves, fall into the hands of Coca-Cola and Nestle.
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Fordlandia

Fordlandia | Galapagos | Scoop.it
In the late 1920s, the Ford Motor Company bought up millions of acres of land in Brazil. They loaded boats with machinery and supplies, and shipped them deep into the Amazon rainforest. Workers cut down trees and cleared the land and then they built a rubber plantation in the middle of one of the wildest
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Mysterious Manuscript 512 Reveals Lost Ancient City Hidden In The Amazon Jungle | Ancient Pages

Mysterious Manuscript 512 Reveals Lost Ancient City Hidden In The Amazon Jungle | Ancient Pages | Galapagos | Scoop.it
In 1925 Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, one of Britain’s greatest explorers vanished in Brazil. Colonel Fawcett who was searching for the mysterious ancient Lost City of Z, that he believed was hidden somewhere in the Amazon Jungle. Colonel Fawcett and his two companions, his son Jack Fawcett and Raleigh Rimmell vanished without a trace and their disappearance remains an unsolved mystery.
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