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DIGITAL CREDITS | COVER: (BACKGROUND) PERNSANITFOTO/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ANALYN CABRAS) ROENE LLE GONZAGA; (MARISSA CUEVAS FLORES) © P: M CREATIVE LAB; (NEMONTE NENQUIMO) ANA ELISA SOTELO. TOC: (BACKGROUND) MB PHOTOGRAPHY/MOMENT/GETTY IMAGES; (BEETLES) IMAGEMORE/AGE FOTOSTOCK; (MAGNIFYING GLASS) IADAMS/SHUTTERSTOCK; (POND) PREMIUM STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY GMBH/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (WOMAN) ANA ELISA SOTELO. WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED: (BEETLES BACKGROUND & DESIGN ELEMENTS) IMAGEMORE/AGE FOTOSTOCK; (MAGNIFYING GLASS) IADAMS/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ANALYN CABRAS) ROENE LLE GONZAGA; (MOUNTAIN & HAND HOLDING BEETLE) ANALYN CABRAS; (MAP/GLOBE) NGS STAFF; (ANALYN WITH KIDS) JOMARI VALDEZ; (TEAM IN FIELD, BEETLE PHOTOS & VIDEOS, CAMERA TRAP, TENT ALL) ANALYN CABRAS; (ANALYN & MICROSCOPE) JOMARI VALDEZ. SEEKING SOLUTIONS: (POND) PREMIUM STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY GMBH/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (MARISSA CUEVAS FLORES) © P: M CREATIVE LAB; (ALGAE) MARYNA LAHEREVA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (FARM RUNOFF) JJ GOUIN/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (ALGAE IN WATER) JIXIN YU/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ALGAE VIDEO) MARISSA CUEVAS FLORES; (FISH FARM) TANAKORNSAR/SHUTTERSTOCK; (FISH FARM FEEDING) ITAR-TASS NEWS AGENCY/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (DEAD ZONES) NASA; (FLORES FILLING TANK) MARLA LAGO; (OTHER IMAGES & GRAPHIC) MARISSA CUEVAS FLORES. PROTECTOR OF THE AMAZON: (NEMONTE NENQUIMO) ANA ELISA SOTELO; (LEAF DESIGN) MUCHMANIA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ANIMAL DESIGN) SAVE JUNGLE/SHUTTERSTOCK; (NEMONTE & STICK) STEFAN RUIZ; (NEMONTE FIST RAISED, WAORANI IN BOAT & MAN WITH BLOWPIPE) RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES; (MAP/GLOBE) SAM GUILFORD/NGS STAFF; (RAINFOREST) EVA KALI/SHUTTERSTOCK; (NEMONTE & PRESS, WAORANI VIDEOS) AMAZON FRONTLINES; (WAORANI GATHERING) JERONIMO ZUNIGA/AMAZON FRONTLINES (WAORANI WOMEN MARCH) MITCH ANDERSON/AMAZON FRONTLINES; (WAORANI IN COURTROOM) SOPHIE PINCHETTI/AMAZON FRONTLINES; (CELEBRATING) DOLORES OCHOA/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK. THE END: ANALYN CABRAS.

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