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As the cracked and baking river bank towers up on either side of us, Oliveira Tikuna is starting to have doubts about this journey.

Bom Jesus de Igapo Grande is a community of 40 families in the middle of the forest and has been badly affected by the worst drought recorded in the region.

And the head of the village, Oliveira’s father, warned anyone elderly or unwell to move closer to town, because they are dangerously far from a hospital.

says Flávia Costa, a plant ecologist at the National Institute for Amazonian Research, who has been living and working in the rainforest for 26 years.

But Dr Nobre finds some hope in the fact that deforestation fell in all countries of the Amazon this year and that all are committed to getting it to zero by 2030.

Dr Flávia Costa’s research indicates that parts of the forest will survive - particularly those with easy access to groundwater, such as valleys.

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The Global South has continually been abused and exploited so that the West can live marginally more prosperous lives. Now, they get to deal with this.

Also, El Nino is hitting hard…