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Earth Matters: Sam Schramski

today13 April 2021

Join host Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance for a conversation with Pulitzer Rainforest Journalism Fund grantee Sam Schramski. The show is a bit of a departure from our usual programming about local and regional conservation issues. We’ll travel to the Amazonian rainforest to talk about the quilombolas, descendants of escaped African and Afro-Brazilian slaves, their role as forest protectors, and how they’ve been hit hard by the COVID pandemic. Listen below:

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 Brazilian Amazon. 2
Cícero Pedrosa Neto (2021)
 Brazilian Amazon. 1
Cícero Pedrosa Neto (2021)

Written by: Doug Snyder

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