As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to tap his rubber trees. Drop by drop, he collects the milky white sap ...

Giovana Serrao was not home when a fire lit in a neighboring agricultural field got out of control and destroyed her acai palms on the island of Marajo in the Brazilian Amazon. Paulinho dos Santos ...

As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to tap his rubber trees. Drop by drop, he collects the milky white sap, known ...

Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from a hevea tree (Hevea brasiliensis) near his home. Photo: AFP As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs ...

Behind his stilt house on the Anajas River, dozens of natural rubber trees blend with centuries-old trees and palms typical of this island ... Deforestation surged in Marajo when global demand ...

And Maria Leao's two daughters suffered sinusitis, caused by a smoke cloud that for weeks enveloped Breves, the largest city on the island ... river port connecting Marajo with Belem, the state ...

As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to tap his rubber trees. Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from a hevea ...

The partner company works with 1,570 rubber tapping families on the island of Marajó, using social tools for selling latex bio-jewellery produced by rubber tappers’ wives and providing raw ...