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Brazilian artisans make soap, shampoo and cosmetic products, which earn them higher incomes than would clearing Amazon forests for farming or palm-oil production.
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- Meliponas nectar from wild Amazon bees is carefully extracted. Almost 80 species per hectare have been found in pristine tropical forests.
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- This map shows the scale and location of Amazonia deforestation, and the collateral damage in lost biodiversity. Belém (marked by a red dot) is located in the northeast.
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- Brazilian artisans make soap, shampoo and cosmetic products, which earn them higher incomes than would clearing Amazon forests for farming or palm-oil production.