Merchants in Brazil's Amazon trade natural bounty as leaders discuss environment

Record ID: 1736798

  • Title: Merchants in Brazil's Amazon trade natural bounty as leaders discuss environment
  • Date: 7th August 2023
  • Summary: BELEM, BRAZIL (AUGUST 7, 2023) (REUTERS) FISHERMEN HAULING BIG FISH OFF BOAT (NIGHT SHOT) BIG FISH BEING DRAGGED TO THE GROUND (NIGHT SHOT) PERSON PULLING TRAY FULL OF FISH WITH ROPE IN MARKET (NIGHT SHOT) FISH PILED UP ON TRAY (NIGHT SHOT) FISH BEING THROWN IN TRAY (NIGHT SHOT) ACAI’S MERCHANT EDISON ROSA BEHIND BASKETS OF ACAI (NIGHT SHOT) PERSON WITH HANDS FULL OF ACAI (NIGHT SHOT) (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) ACAI MERCHANT, EDISON ROSA, SAYING: “The Amazon brings health, you believe that the woods, the forest brings health to people. No one lives without the forest.” (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE VIEWS OF THE MARKET (NIGHT SHOTS) PERSON CARRYING A TRAY OF FISH INSIDE THE MARKET (NIGHT SHOT) FISH BEING PLACED ON TRAYS (NIGHT SHOT) PEOPLE SORTING FISH ON TRAYS (NIGHT SHOT) PERSON CARRYING BAG OF GOODS (NIGHT SHOT) PERSON SHAKING GOODS IN BASKET (NIGHT SHOT) (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) ACAI MERCHANT, EDISON ROSA, SAYING: “This here is everything for me in my life. Everything is good. Everything I've ever had is here. Thank God, I'm very happy in my life”. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DOING GROCERIES AT MARKET BOTTLES OFFERED IN MARKET VARIOUS OF HERBS MERCHANT BETH CHEIROSINHA ASSISTING CUSTOMERS (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) HERBS MERCHANT, BETH CHEIROSINHA, SAYING: “This is like a movie theater, everything happens, it's true. Here people come from all over the world to see the postcard of Belem that is Ver-o-Peso.” BANANAS ON SALE VARIOUS OF SHRIMP ON SALE PEOPLE WALKING BY MARKET HERBS ON SALE MERCHANTS AT STALLS VARIOUS OF PERFUME BOTTLES ON SALE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) HERBS MERCHANT, BETH CHEIROSINHA, SAYING: “The day that the person who works here at Ver-o-Peso stays at home, he feels bad, he doesn't feel well, he has to come to Ver-o-Peso. The proof is that many times, they even move or stop working at Ver-o-Peso and travel around. But you have to come and recognize Ver-o-Peso because it is our roots.” BELEM, BRAZIL (AUGUST 5, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DRONE VIEWS OF THE MARKET (MUTE)
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2023 20:38
  • Keywords: Amazon Amazon Summit Belem Ver-o-Peso economy environment market
  • Location: BELEM, BRAZIL
  • City: BELEM, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Environment,South America / Central America,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001290607082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Belem, a port city in northern Brazil and gateway to the Amazon, is home to the bustling Ver-o-Peso market where merchants come to sell fish, herbs, nuts, berries, and other fruit harvested from the world's largest rainforest.
    In the same city, heads of state from eight nations that share the sprawling rainforest are meeting on Monday and Tuesday to discuss how to develop the Amazon region in a sustainable way.
    Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he will push for a first-time common protection policy which would involve the countries that share the rainforest collectively agreeing on actions to conserve and reforest the region.
    Even at night, the market is buzzing. Men haul a fish as big as a child off a fishing boat. Piles of oranges, bananas, fresh herbs, and acai berries fill heaving crates on the edge of the bay.
    (Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Anna Portella, Gloria Lopez)
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