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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Agustin Marcarian

In South America's remote Chaco, deforestation uproots natural rhythms

A tree is pictured under stars at the Banado La Estrella, Formosa, Argentina April 20, 2023. The Gran Chaco is facing growing pressure as large-scale farms producing soy and cattle expand to meet global food demand. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

In the vast Chaco forests of northern Argentina, Noole rests from the fierce sun in the scented shade of dark carob trees on a small farm where her family grows watermelons and potatoes to eat or sell at market.

For Noole, an Indigenous Pilaga, and her brother Jose Rolando Fernandez, the trees set the natural rhythm of life, providing food, water and cool in this sparsely populated and remote corner of South America that is home to the continent's second largest woodland after the Amazon.

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