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Labor Pains
Slave labor used to clear Brazilian rainforest |
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15 Sep 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Labor Pains Slave labor used to clear Brazilian rainforest The Amazon rainforest is disappearing at a precipitous pace, and as is too often the case, this environmental catastrophe is connected to equally dire human-rights abuses. To wit: Thousands of poor, illiterate Brazilian peasants work every year chopping down the forest in conditions Brazil's Labor Ministry delicately refers to as "analogous to slavery.'' Promised $ ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, business (all these topics) |
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Say It Ain't Soy
Brazil Will Allow Planting of GM Soybeans |
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29 Sep 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Say It Ain't Soy Brazil Will Allow Planting of GM Soybeans In a big blow to opponents of biotechnology, Brazil announced last week that it will allow farmers to plant genetically modified soybeans, ending its role as one of the leading nations opposed to GM crops. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government had previously promised to oppose GM plantings, bu ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, business, deforestation, food and agriculture, GMOs, rainforests (all these topics) |
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