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Handcrafted woodwork helps save an Amazonian reserve, one tree at a time
A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces. Household utensils, furniture, miniature trees and jewelry made with forest seeds are some items being produced by women and youth in the …