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Brazil sends more inspectors to Amazon rainforest
2013-08-15 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Brazil's environment minister says the government has increased the number of its inspectors in the Amazon rainforest to help halt a rise in illegal deforestation. Izabella Teixeira said Thursday at a deforestation seminar that the number of government inspectors in the region was upped to combat a new tactic by loggers, who are stripping smaller areas that are more difficult to detect by satellite. She didn't say how many inspectors have been deployed since the beginning of the year. Teixeira...
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