The 2024 extreme and historical drought that hit the Amazon exposed a chronic problem: access to drinking water and sanitation in Indigenous lands, where only a third of households have proper water supply systems.
In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea, have been increasing amid climate change and population growth.
By Kevin Damasio
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/as-the-rainforest-gets-drier-amazon-indigenous-groups-thirst-for-clean-water/
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