{
  "id": 15603273,
  "title": "A Belgium-sized area of Amazon wetland has been converted, and losses are climbing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/a-belgium-sized-area-of-amazon-wetland-has-been-converted-and-losses",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T11:35:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/a-belgium-sized-area-of-amazon-wetland-has-been-converted-and-losses-are-climbing/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Every year, Amazonian rivers spill over their banks and flood the forests around them for months. These wetlands cover around 30% of the Brazilian Amazon and are often home to riverine families, who live in adapted homes built on stilts. They fish and plant crops with the natural ebb and flow of the rivers. But […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}