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This is one of the last pristine and intact forests in the Amazon: the Sierra del Divisor National Park—but a new threat looms.
A bi-oceanic railroad, stretching across South America, from the Atlantic to Pacific coast.
China and Brazil are the likely main investors.
Illegal gold miners, coca growers, loggers, drug and wildlife traffickers typically swarm to previously inaccessible areas—slashing and burning as they go.
The Chinese-built Chancay megaport in Peru is a planned link, securing supply chains.
We can't replace these precious biomes, or the high diversity of species which live nowhere else.
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