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In Brazil's forests, babaçu nut gatherers battle for communal rights

Summary by equaltimes.org
Quebradeiras de coco babaçu (‘babassu coconut breakers') are groups formed by rural women from northern and north-eastern Brazil who earn their livelihood by harvesting and processing the fruit of the babaçu palm (Attalea speciosa). This plant, native to the Amazon rainforest, is abundant in the Cocais forest – a transition zone between the Amazon and the semi-arid biome of north-eastern Brazil. These palm groves are deeply connected to the iden…
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equaltimes.org broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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