Coexistence or threat?

“Selective logging has co-existed with Brazil nut production for a long time. But it is becoming more intense,” says Miguel Zamalloa, president of one of the local harvesters’ organisations, Recolectores Orgánicos de la Nuez Amazónica de Perú. “We need information about what is happening now, and what we can do for the future.”

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