{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["Juruti"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":2,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Juruti","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"wri-001522","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wri-001522","title":"Alcoa’s Juruti Mining Project Seeking to Set Sustainability Benchmark","publisher":{"name":"World Resources Institute","organization":"world-resources-institute"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2010","source_url":"https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-02/wrr-2010-11-question-8-response-3.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Alcoa's Juruti Mining Project in the Brazilian Amazon employs a sustainability model based on three fundamentals: respect for the environment, social responsibility, and economic success. 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