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How will the construction of a transcontinental railroad through the Amazon rainforest affect the ecosystem and indigenous territories?

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The railroad would be over 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) long, and its construction would damage the delicate environment of the Amazon and affect as many as 600 Indigenous groups.

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