Brazil

CAMPESINOS PEASANTS, Amazon, near Boavista, northern Brazil, South America. Working with chainsaw. A campesino poor labourer working on poor land, they moved here from the city to eek out a living, the survive, not much more. This was once an 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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CAMPESINOS PEASANTS, Amazon, near Boavista, northern Brazil, South America. Working with chainsaw. A campesino poor labourer working on poor land, they moved here from the city to eek out a living, the survive, not much more. This was once an 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.