<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Amazon deforestation soars, Brazil blames its own land-reform agency]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/brazil1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:41:20 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/brazil1/1 Clearly

"This calls for more BioFuels!" [/sarcasm]

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"This calls for more BioFuels!" [/sarcasm]

]]> Comment #2 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/brazil1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:49:02 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/brazil1/2 Let me highlight this:

"Rising food prices have incentivized soy farmers"

Diverting food to gas tanks sends a price signal across the planet to create more arable land out of carbon sinks.

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"Rising food prices have incentivized soy farmers"

Diverting food to gas tanks sends a price signal across the planet to create more arable land out of carbon sinks.

]]> Comment #3 by archigeek http://www.grist.org/article/brazil1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:22:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/brazil1/3 What's that sound...?

Oh, that's what that sound is: the plunge in soy prices after all those acres are cultivated and harvested. Oh, yeah, don't forget the escalation in the prices of all those millions of pounds of herbicides and pesticides which will be dumped on the Amazon. I also understand that there has been a dry spell in the Amazon over the last few years.

]]> What's that sound...?

Oh, that's what that sound is: the plunge in soy prices after all those acres are cultivated and harvested. Oh, yeah, don't forget the escalation in the prices of all those millions of pounds of herbicides and pesticides which will be dumped on the Amazon. I also understand that there has been a dry spell in the Amazon over the last few years.

]]> Comment #4 by cavecanem http://www.grist.org/article/brazil1/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:38:04 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/brazil1/4 Hopefully this

will exert pressure on the 100 entities to stop illegally logging and destroying.

I have searched and hunted for the list, but cannot find it. Does anyone have a link to the list?

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will exert pressure on the 100 entities to stop illegally logging and destroying.

I have searched and hunted for the list, but cannot find it. Does anyone have a link to the list?

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