A tree planted by police during "Operation Mercury" stands amid jungle destroyed by illegal miners, near a makeshift airstrip at the Balata police and military base in Peru's Tambopata province on March 28, 2019. Scientists working for CINCIA _ a Peru-based nongovernmental group _ planted more than six-thousand saplings of various species native to this part of the Amazon, including the iconic shihuahuaco trees, in one of these uncanny clearings. They are testing which biofertilizers work best to replenish the soil. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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