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I got the following disturbing message from a friend. Could you
please confirm or update us on the matter? Thanks.
Vinny
Subject: Amazon Forest
> > >This is important for all of us!!! > >Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that >will reduce the >amazon forest to 50% of its size. The area to be >deforested is 4 times >the size of Portugal and would be mainly used for >agriculture and >pastures for livestock... >All the wood is to be sold to international >markets in the form of wood >chips, by multinational companies... >The truth is that the soil in the amazon forest is >useless without the >forest itself. Its quality is very acidic and the >region is prone to >constant floods. At this time more than 160.000 >square kilometers >deforested with the same purpose, are abandoned >and in the process of >becoming >deserts. >We cannot let this happen <stuff deleted>
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