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Amazon biodiversity at risk despite Brazil's forest protection law - study
2016-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: "Many of the forests that remain standing are shadows of the pristine forests that once stood in their place" Selective logging, road building and fires are threatening biodiversity in Brazil's Amazon despite a requirement that rural landowners maintain at least 80 percent of their forest cover in the world's largest rainforest, researchers said on Wednesday. In 2012, Brazil enacted a law to protect forests and help establish clearer rules for the ranchers, soy growers and other producers who...
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