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Brazil revisits forest code

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Submitted by susan on Wed, 2011-08-24 12:19

A tough-minded law has boosted Brazil's environmental record in recent years by helping to drive the rate of destruction in the Amazon rainforest to historic lows. But a backlash in the hinterlands is threatening to weaken the country's forest code and push deforestation rates back up again.

Author: 
Jeff Tollefson
Main Topic: 
Forests
thesaurus: 
Forests
Brazil
Forest Policy
Legislation
Forest Conservation
Deforestation
Tropical Forests
Land Use
Name of the Journal: 
Nature
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
External URL: 
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110817/full/476259a.html
Email Alert: 
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Publication Date: 
18/08/2011