Re: To our Brazilian readers

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

Vinny and gang,

It looks like this bill may have been shelved.

Check out the web page www.ran.org.

It talks about a bill proposed in May that has been shelved.  Not sure if
it is the same one or not.

Kathy


On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, V Kutty wrote:

> 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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