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For over a hundred years, the South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) was thought to have vanished from Brazil’s coastal ...

Considering the level of paramilitary presence in rural Colombia over the past 50 years, it's an incredible achievement.

Deforestation has long been a challenge for Brazil – where decades of over-farming and logging operations have taken a toll and seriously threatened the Amazon rainforest and the indigenous ...