Large-scale clearing of the Amazon forest — for wood, cattle-grazing and agricultural products like soybeans — is threatening the native people’s traditional way of life. “The climate changes are a reality,” said Manoel Cunha, chairman of Brazil’s National Council of Rubber Tappers. “We have rivers that are unnavigable” and trees that no longer bear fruit, he added.
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