Climate Change for National Geographic Magazine
Paragominas, Para, Brazil. Men load charcoal into a waiting truck, it takes 3-4 hours to fill a truck. Each man gets R$8 per filled truck. Paragominas is the epicenter of the timber industry in the Amazon rainforest. 3 out of every 4 people suffer from respiratory diseases, most workers in these factories cannot read or write and quit school to work. Aurora image #1887402401
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- 1887402401.jpg
- Copyright
- 2009 Joanna B. Pinneo
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- 2700x1819 / 3.4MB
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