Reuters: The Brazilian government published a final set of regulations on the use of its forests on Tuesday that could push farmers to restore a huge amount of illegally cleared native vegetation and encourage the use of "tradeable forest credits" to help protect the environment.
The new rules come two years after the approval of a law, known as the Forest Code, that was designed to safeguard the country's forests, although some environmentalists still think it is too timid to do the job.
Under the...