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Brazil unwilling to stop destruction of Amazon: experts

Reuters: Brazil's Government is unwilling and unable to halt destruction in the Amazon rainforest despite emergency measures it announced last week to curb rising deforestation, environmental experts say. High commodity prices and increased land use elsewhere in Brazil are driving ranchers and farmers deeper into the Amazon in search of cheap land, environmentalists say. Between August and December last year, 7,000 square kilometres, or two-thirds the annual rate, were chopped ... Read »
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