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Using soccer to fight for the Amazon

August 19, 2022

Playing soccer to protect the rainforest: The 'Amazônia Independente FC' aims to raise awareness of the need to preserve Brazil's rainforest. The club was founded by a former gold miner, who got the idea while hospitalized with COVID-19.

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