Rubber oozes from a tree in Maguary on the banks of the Tapajos River in Brazil's Amazonian state of Para, Sept. 3, 2005. A group of artisans from the community make imitation leather from the milk of the seringeira tree as a way to earn a living from the forest while preserving it at the same time. Began in 1995, the project uses natural rubber from the seringueira trees of the amazon forest to make the "leather." (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

Rubber oozes from a tree in Maguary on the banks of the Tapajos River in Brazil's Amazonian state of Para, Sept. 3, 2005. A group of artisans from the community make imitation leather from the milk of the seringeira tree as a way to earn a living from the forest while preserving it at the same time. Began in 1995, the project uses natural rubber from the seringueira trees of the amazon forest to make the "leather." (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)