Surge in rain forest loss alarms Brazil
Chicago Tribune: As deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rain forest declined over the past three years, the country's leaders crowed that they'd found the recipe for stopping the destruction of the world's most diverse ecosystem. By expanding the area of protected rain forest by more than 60 percent while allowing controlled logging, Brazil's government said it had cracked down on the illegal clearing that has consumed a fifth of the rain forest. Last month, however, satellite images revealed ...
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