The crucial fight for the future of the climate is underway in the Amazon
The crucial fight for the future of the climate is underway in the Amazon
Over the next ten weeks, PÚBLICO will report on the threats, but also on the efforts and hopes of those on the ground who lead us to believe that it is possible to save the largest tropical forest in the world.
The crucial fight for the future of the climate is underway in the Amazon
Romeu da Silva looks at the bed of the Solimões River from the highest point of the ravine in the city of Tabatinga, on the border with Peru and Colombia, and leaves a terrifying prophecy in the air: “Any day, there is no water...” river that has just entered the territory of Brazil after a long journey that began in the foothills of the Andes seems to deny it. In the eyes of a European, it is wide, immense, majestic. But when you go down the ravine you can understand Romeo's anxiety a little better. There, where Dona Safira has her shack, a corrugated tin roof resting on four sticks buried in the earth hardened by the heat, where she sells fruit, cooked manioc (cassava, cassava), drinks and water in plastic bags, you can understand the fear of Romeo. The river runs 40 or 50 meters below its maximum bed, a level that river dwellers say is low even for the dry season.
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