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Brazil's Amazon conservation project threatened by loggers and landowners
2014-01-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Sister Angela Sauzen exudes energy and determination. A Brazilian nun of German extraction, she has made a real difference to progressive causes in Latin America over the past half-century. Peasant farmers laughingly say she never takes "no" for an answer. When the Guardian met her in September, she was excited about a project she was helping peasant farmers to develop as an alternative to destructive slash-and-burn agriculture. Like the farmers, Sauzen was having to learn about budgets, quality...
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