Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Brazil’s environmental leadership at risk, warn scientists

Mongabay: The Brazilian government is putting its global environmental leadership at risk by ignoring scientific concern on large infrastructure projects and changes in the country's forest laws, warned an association of more than 1,200 tropical scientists gathering last week in Bonito, Brazil on the heels of the disappointing Rio+20 Earth Summit. While world leaders convened in Rio de Janeiro for the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development scientists from 48 countries met at the 49th annual meeting...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0626-brazil-leadership-atbc.html
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