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Indigenous people may be the Amazon's last hope

  • Written by Robert T. Walker, Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
Collecting firewood on the Waiapi indigenous reserve in Amapa state, Brazil, Oct. 13, 2017. A new bill could open Brazil's Native lands to development. APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images

Brazil’s divisive President Jair Bolsonaro has taken another step in his bold plans to develop the Amazon rainforest.

A bill he is sponsoring, now before Congress...

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