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Illegal logging in Brazil turns Amazon into a powder keg

Arara indigenous chief Tatji Arara (L), 41, patrols his ancestral lands in northern Brazil, where illegal logging is a major problem. [Photo: AFP]

A rifle resting on his shoulder, Tatji Arara looks despondent as he steps over the trunks of huge trees felled by timber traffickers in the heart of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, now the scene of numerous land conflicts.

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