{"id":806,"date":"2013-11-26T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=806"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:48:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:48:04","slug":"amazon-a-pristine-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/26\/amazon-a-pristine-wilderness\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon &#8211; a pristine wilderness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Was the Amazon ever a pristine, untouched environment? This BBC documentary argues that humans shaped the Amazon rainforest more than is commonly believed, revealing huge manmade structures, and even cities, that were\u00a0hidden under supposedly virgin forest. The question is, how will this fact impact on the environmental debate that is raging about it&#8217;s exploitation?<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b0122njp\/Unnatural_Histories_Amazon\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1030-1514.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-807\" alt=\"PRIMARY RAINFOREST, Amazon, near Boavista, northern Brazil, South America. Lush virgin primary rainforest untouched by development or man. Ecological biosphere and fragile ecosystem where flora and fauna, and native lifestyles are threatened by progress an\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1030-1514.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1030-1514.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1030-1514-382x245.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amazon, near Boavista, northern Brazil (Still Pictures\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was the Amazon ever a pristine, untouched environment? 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