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Brazil's president will try to rally more support to save rainforest at Amazon Summit

NPR | By Carrie Kahn
Published August 7, 2023 at 5:36 PM EDT
Aerial view showing a fire at the Chapada Diamantina region, between the cities of Andarai and Mucuge, in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, on October 7, 2020. - Chapada Diamantina National Park preserves areas of three Brazilian biomes: Mata Atlantica, Cerrado and Caatinga among its 152,000 hectares.
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Aerial view showing a fire at the Chapada Diamantina region, between the cities of Andarai and Mucuge, in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, on October 7, 2020. - Chapada Diamantina National Park preserves areas of three Brazilian biomes: Mata Atlantica, Cerrado and Caatinga among its 152,000 hectares.

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Carrie Kahn
Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based in Mexico City, Mexico.
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