Amazon 
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Trade 
National The rise in the level of the Atlantic Ocean over the mouth of the Amazon has threatened the region’s native açaí trees, a source of income for around 14,000 residents. Previously limited to the coast, the advance of salt water reached archipelagos downstream, salting the Açaí fruits and forcing the city of Macapá to declare a state of emergency in the region.
The advance of the ocean also threatens the Amazombai project, a cooperative created by producers in the region as a way of guaranteeing sustainable management and preservation of the forest. It is the country’s first organization to have a certification of ecosystem services for the conservation of forest carbon stocks and species diversity.
The mouth of the Amazon river is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in the country, as it is in the area of influence of both the ocean and the continent. Water and agricultural products in the region could be threatened by the intrusion of seawater.
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