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Leveling Playing Field for Legal Timber in Brazil
2013-09-25 19:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Brazil is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world. What is less known is that the country is the fourth largest industrial roundwood (timber left as logs, not sawn into planks) and wood pulp producer and ninth largest paper producer in the world. Brazils forest sector contributed 5 percent to the national gross domestic product in 2012. Brazils forests are not only home to communities and a haven for biodiversity, they are also part of the countrys economic backbone. Brazils...
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