An aerial view of a patch of deforested jungle close to Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao, in this May 13, 2009 file photo. While drier weather and deforestation combine to turn much of the Amazon forest into a savanna, a bout of extreme weather that includes floods in the north and drought in the south has reignited the debate about how climate change is affecting Latin America's largest country, home to the world's biggest rain forest and one of the world's bread baskets. Picture taken May 13, 2009. To match feature BRAZIL-CLIMATE/ REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/Files (BRAZIL DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
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