An agricultural method in the Amazon rainforest region spread by Japanese immigrants in northern Brazil has attracted attention as a way of preventing global warming.
Teeming with rich biodiversity, the Amazon rainforest is known as "the lungs of the Earth."
With concerns raised over the area's deforestation, anticipation is rising that the agricultural method, involving nurturing a forest to grow crops there, can help the rainforest bounce back.
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