Climate change threatens Amazonian small farmers

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The child of a Brazilian small farmer holds a ripe cacao fruit. Credit: Scott Hetrick Indiana University
The child of a Brazilian small farmer holds a ripe cacao fruit. Credit: Scott Hetrick, Indiana University

A six-year study of Amazonian small farmers and their responses to climate change shows the farmers are vulnerable to natural catastrophes and risky land use practices, say Indiana University Bloomington anthropologists Eduardo Brondizio and Emilio Moran.


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