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Protected: The Amazon’s Borderlands: A Vital Stronghold for Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation

In the borderlands of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon rainforest, the Yavarí-Tapiche and the Pano Arawak Corridors contain the world’s largest contiguous territories of Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation—and some of the most biodiverse, carbon-rich forests on Earth.

IMAGE CREDIT: Bruno Kelly/Amazônia Real

Protected: The Amazon’s Borderlands: A Vital Stronghold for Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation

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