Mongabay: Brazil's Congress on Wednesday approved controversial changes to the country's Forest Code, a move supporters argue will simplify environmental laws and ease agricultural expansion, but environmentalists say will spark deforestation and grant amnesty for past illegal logging. The measure needs to be approved by President Dilma Rousseff to become law. The Forest Code reform legislation - which passed 274-184 - includes amendments that would reduce the amount of land farmers and ranchers are required...
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