Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Amazon rainforest: Proposed law threatens to cripple preservation efforts

Amazon rainforest: Proposed law threatens to cripple preservation efforts
Driven by powerful agribusiness interests, a bill is moving through the Brazilian Congress that could cripple the decades-long effort to protect the Amazon rainforest. The bill would change Brazil’s 1965 Forest Code, which requires that Amazon landowners preserve 80% of...

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