Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Amazon in dire threat as Brazil finalizes forest bill shaped by lobbyists for agricultural industry

LA Times: The Brazilian government is pressing forward with controversial legislation that critics say will lead to widespread destruction of the Amazon rain forest. After months of heated discussion, President Dilma Rousseff on Monday presented a final version of the bill that was heavily influenced by the country's powerful agricultural lobby. The update to the country's 1965 Forestry Code would reduce both the amount of vegetation landowners must preserve and the future penalties paid for those who...

URL: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-brazil-forests-20120529,0,2383595.story
Enclosure: http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2012-05/70178548.jpg

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