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Oil in the Amazon

24/06/2024
9.4% of the total area of ​​the Amazon (797,824 km2) is composed of oil blocks, representing another important source of pressure on the ecosystem (Lesenfants et al., 2024).
Cita Lesenfants et al., 2024
Fuente Lesenfants, Y., Mehl, A. V., Muggah, R., Aguirre, K., & Smith, P. (2024). Re-imagining bioeconomy for Amazonia. Inter-American Development Bank.

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