Race to find Brazil Amazon species before they disappear

Manicore, Brazil (AFP) July 13, 2022

In a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition is cataloguing species. Time is of the essence. "The rate of destruction is faster than the rate of discovery," says botanist Francisco Farronay, of the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), as he cuts into the bark of an enormous tree and smells its insides. "It is a race against time." The largest rainfore