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Coconut breakers fight for their livelihood

Nadia Pontes / Andrea RönsbergJanuary 14, 2016

In Brazil, agricultural expansion is threatening forests of babassu, a palm tree that provides a sustainable livelihood for hundreds of thousands of "coconut breakers." They say the Brazilian authorities have ignored their existence in these precious forests. But now they are using GPS technology to put their sustainable way of life on the map.

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