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 Stories About: Amazon AND Brazil AND land degradation AND news
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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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