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 Stories About: Amazon AND Brazil AND land degradation
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Brazilness as Usual
Amazon forests not doing well |
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14 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Brazilness as Usual Amazon forests not doing well If Amazonian rainforests are, as the old saying goes, the lungs of the world, then our respiratory outlook is not good. The forests face a trio of threats. There are fire and logging, as poor farmers, cattle ranchers, and agribusinesses clear land for crops or cattle. Then there's "dieback," whereby the forest vegetation dies from lack of water, which is ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, land degradation, news (all these topics) |
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The Tree Police, They Live Inside of My Head
Brazil opens environmental police academy in Amazon |
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19 Nov 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| The Tree Police, They Live Inside of My Head Brazil opens environmental police academy in Amazon The environmental movement in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is arming itself, literally, for the fight against illegal mining, animal and plant piracy, and other crimes against nature. This week, Brazil's federal government opened Latin America's largest environmental police academy -- 135 square miles of Amazon land devoted to t ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, land degradation (all these topics) |
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