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By Bruno Kelly and Jake Spring MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) – The river port in the Amazon (NASDAQ:) rainforest’s largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential supplies that are the region’s lifeline. Below-average…
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Amazon (NASDAQ:) and other companies have agreed to buy carbon offset credits that will support the conservation of its namesake rainforest in the Brazilian state of Para, in a deal valued at around $180 million. Amazon and at least five other firms will…
As a child, I dreamed of visiting the Amazon rainforest, but I always envisioned it being wildly inaccessible.Traveling, especially internationally, is expensive. Looking at lodging alone, hotel prices shot up by 1.7% between April and May, according to NerdWallet’s Travel Price Index.So when I found a three-day, all-inclusive tour of…