The Amazon is the largest of these by far, over three times the size of its nearest competitor, the Congo Rainforest. Not that it's all about size. Each rainforest, from the jungles of Borneo to ...

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it cannot give up road construction and mining in the world's largest rainforest, Mourão said. “We cannot abandon the possibility of exploiting the great mining wealth of the Amazon.