Ruined utopias: the afterlife of the Amazon’s forgotten company towns – in pictures
Ruined utopias: the afterlife of the Amazon’s forgotten company towns – in pictures For decades, foreign firms established settlements in the Brazilian Amazon to support
Ruined utopias: the afterlife of the Amazon’s forgotten company towns – in pictures For decades, foreign firms established settlements in the Brazilian Amazon to support extractive activities, only to eventually abandon the buildings and workers. The remains show human resilience as nature reclaims the land The Jari Celulose plant was brought by barge from Japan to the Brazilian Amazon in the 1970s. Photograph: Christian Braga
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