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 Stories About: Brazil AND deforestation AND logging AND mining and drilling AND rainforests AND wilderness
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Welcome to the Ex-jungle
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27 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Welcome to the Ex-jungle The rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest jumped 40 percent in 2002, with 9,840 square miles of forest lost, according to figures released this week by Brazil's Environment Ministry. That loss -- the highest since 1995 -- prompted alarm among environmentalists and pledges by the Brazilian government to implement emergency measures to protect t ... |
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| Topics: Brazil, deforestation, logging, mining and drilling, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics) |
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