Environmentalists say tapping native rubber trees helps to generate income for Amazon residents and reduces pressure to fell trees.
Brazil’s first government-run condom factory will produce 100 million condoms a year, the report said. The latex comes from the Chico Mendes reserve, named after a conservationist and rubber tapper killed in
1988 by ranchers.
1988 by ranchers.
The intention is also to reduce Brazil’s dependence on imported
condoms, which are distributed free as part of a national program to
combat AIDS.
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