Brazilian President Vetoes Controversial Changes to Forest Code

Yale Environment 360: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed critical revisions to the nation's Forest Code that environmental advocates said would lead to rampant deforestation of the Amazon. Speaking to reporters, government officials said Rousseff had vetoed vetoed 12 of the 84 articles in the controversial land-use legislation that was passed by the Brazilian congress last month, including provisions that would grant partial amnesty to landowners who illegally cleared forests and would reduce the size of forested...

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