The rains also prompted the temporary closure of a railway that takes iron ore from the sprawling Carajas mine in the neighbouring jungle state of Para.

从卡拉加斯大铁矿运输铁矿石到邻近的热带雨林帕拉州的铁路也因为暴雨暂时关闭。

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But on a recent surveillance flight over the forest frontier in Brazil's state of para, there was hardly a wisp of smoke in the sky.

但在最近一次在巴西帕拉州雨林边界上空的侦察飞行中，空气中竟然连片缕烟丝都没有。

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Ibama's intelligence reports suggested that "people with a history of exploitation and involvement in illegal deforestation" were trying to move in, many of them from the lawless state of para.

环保局的情报还显示“那些有逡巡森林和非法伐林前科的人”正设法前来，他们很多都来自没有法律拘束的帕拉州。

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But when it comes to the monstrous Belo Monte dam in Para state, what else is new?

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Clean energy security, and more jobs for relatively poor people who live in undeveloped, unpopulated areas in Para state.

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Protesters said they would permanently occupy the site, located outside the small jungle city of Altamira in Para state, north Brazil.

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