According to Mr Viana, their ambition was to change the way the rainforest was viewed: to make it an economic opportunity, not an impediment to progress.

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And to have that two weeks out was an incredible impediment to our progress and to our program.

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The shortage of fresh water supplies is a danger to human health and an impediment to economic progress.

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