Brazil creates world's largest tropical park

Friday, August 23, 2002

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- A northern swath of Amazon rainforest bigger than Maryland and likely containing a treasure trove of undiscovered animal, insect and plant species became the world's largest tropical national park Thursday.

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