Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamoré: Memories and Promises |
Fuelled by visions of El Dorado, the Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamoré was built between 1871 and 1912 in what is now Rondônia, Brazil. Thousands of men died from tropical diseases during the railway’s slow painful construction. The Brazilian rubber boom collapsed less than 12 months after its completion. Martin Cooper's photographs capture the failed promises, and the memories, abandoned by a railway through the Green Hell.
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Amazon Food: Eat Smart in Northern Brazil |
The cuisine of the north draws heavily on its Indian heritage. The native diet of manioc, corn, beans, yams, peanuts, peppers, wild fruits and fresh fish is very much in evidence. Read an excerpt from the book “Eat Smart in Brazil.”
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Pirarucu: Saving the Giant Fish in Mamirauá |
An innovative fisheries management program aims to balance the survival of a threatened species with the needs of local fishermen who depend on it for their livelihoods.
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Brazil Fashion: Protecting the Amazon in Style |
A small company in Brazil is working to bridge the gap between good fashion sense and green sensibilities - with considerable success. AmazonLife has developed and patented an environmentally friendly material that it calls “wild rubber” or “vegetal leather.” The company already supplies a number of European fashion designers.
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Denny Moore: A Fighting Chance for Indian Languages |
A linguist and his team are in a race against time to record disappearing native tongues and discover their origins.
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Amazon Jungle Palace: Barging In on the Jungle |
Follow us to an oasis of civilization in the Amazon rainforest – 45 minutes by speedboat from the nearest city and several miles even from the nearest village.
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| Ricardo Stuckert (PR/Agência Brasil) |
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