BURNING PRIMARY RAINFOREST, Amazon, near Boavista, northern Brazil, South America. Huge tracts of primary rainforest and crops burn during the dry season, as the campesinos take advantage of the drought to refertilize their land and to take more from the virgin primary forest around their plots. Ecological biosphere and fragile ecosystem where flora and fauna, and native lifestyles are threatened by progress and development. The rainforest is home to many plants and animals who are endangered or facing extinction. This region is home to indigenous primitive and tribal peoples including the Yanomami and Macuxi.
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