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Ruined utopias: the afterlife of the Amazon’s forgotten company towns – in pictures

The Brazilian Amazon is home to numerous abandoned company towns, a testament to nature's reclamation and human resilience, as seen in these striking images.

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Editorial Team
July 3, 2026
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Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean For decades, foreign firms established settlements in the Brazilian Amazon to support extractive activities, only to eventually abandon the buildings and workers. The remains show human resilience as nature reclaims the land The Jari Celulose plant was brought by barge from Japan to the Brazilian Amazon in the 1970s.

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