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In the America's with David Yetman

The Mata Atlantica: Brazil's Other Rainforest

Season 5 Episode 505

One of the world's most diverse forests, the Mata Atlantica once covered Brazil's southeastern coast for over a thousand miles and still blankets the steep hills of Río de Janeiro. Now less than 10% remains, much of it in protected parks. Within the Mata, runaway slaves established their villages, some of which persist and can only be reached by boat.

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Explore how southwestern U.S. native peoples established the Colorado Plateau.
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Explore the Four Corners portion of the Colorado Plateau.
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Arizona's landscape is the product of millions of years of volcanic explosions.
Mexican Carnival
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Mexico has two Carnival parades like no others in the states of Puebla and Morelos.
Brazil’s Butantan Institute
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The Butantan Institute in São Paulo houses venomous creatures that protect human lives.
Re-claiming the Gulf in Baja California
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The arrival of crowds and developers threaten unusual features of Baja California.
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