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An aerial view of an illegal mining camp in the Amazon rainforest
Image: Edmar Barros/ASSOCIATED PRESS/picture alliance

Amazon rainforest

The Amazon is the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest in the world, the majority of which lies in Brazil. It also covers parts of Peru, Colombia and other South American countries.

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