Brazil announces new measures to stem Amazon assault
By | Published: September 30, 2008
WWF: Brazil has announced new measures designed to stem an accelerating assault on the Amazon’s rainforests – on the same day as the nation’s space agency released figures showing that 756km2 of Amazon forest were cleared in August, triple the 230km2 cleared in August 2007. Heading a list of a dozen new measures, Brazilian Environment Minister Carlos Minc named the top 100 clearing culprits and announced that an agreement had been made with government law and prosecution authorities to …
Brazil announces new measures to stem Amazon assault
WWF: Brazil has announced new measures designed to stem an accelerating assault on the Amazon’s rainforests – on the same day as the nation’s space agency released figures showing that 756km2 of Amazon forest were cleared in August, triple the 230km2 cleared in August 2007. Heading a list of a dozen new measures, Brazilian Environment Minister Carlos Minc named the top 100 clearing culprits and announced that an agreement had been made with government law and prosecution authorities to …
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