Brazil Announces Plan to Slow Amazon Deforestation by 70%

Now Brazil has announced that it has a plan to reduce deforestation by 70%, or about 6,000 square kilometers per year. According to Environment Minister Carlos Minc the plan would have the following effect:

link: (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/br...)
submitted by: sandstar Dec 2, 2008
category: Life keywords: amazon, forest, save, rescue, stop


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They should slow it by 100%.

posted by: mikey404 Dec 3, 2008

Strange. I didn't think the Brazilians cared.

posted by: headphoneguy Dec 3, 2008

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