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A year after the killing of a British journalist and Indigenous expert in the Amazon rain forest, family and supporters have gathered in several Brazilian cities to honour their memory. Brazil's President Lula is carrying on the work of the two men, as he unveils a new environmental plan to end deforestation by 2030.

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