Preparing food, Belem open air market, Brazil
Scenes from an open air market in Belem, Brazil. The way of life of local residents is under threat from the destruction of the surrounding rainforest by logging and clearance for non-native crops and cattle. Local produce relies on the consistent rainfall seen in rainforests, driven in part by transpiration from mature trees. Too much deforestation will reduce this beyond a critical level, and the climate will flip to that of a much drier savannah, which will not support the current flora.