Amazonia

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> A friend of mine forwarded me this reply to another newsgroup.

> Old news: in fact the project was already defeated in parliament. In
> fact the facts weren't quite right either: the project did not propose
>
> to reduce the forest to 50% it only allowed someone which has a
> property in the amazonic area to cut half of it for land use, whilst
> keeping the rest untouched. The current legislation obliges people
> to keep 80% as forest. Anyway there's a big difference between a
> legislation saying how much of your property has to be kept as a
> reserve on one side compared to a project of proposed
> 'deforestation' by the govenment at the other.
>
> Best wishes,
> Cassio
>
> >>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... <snip>
>
> Jonathan Ertelt
> Greenhouse Manager
> Vanderbilt University Biology Department
> Box 1812, Sta. B
> Nashville, TN  37235
> (615) 322-4054
>

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<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>A friend of mine forwarded me this reply to another
newsgroup.</tt></blockquote>

<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>Old news: in fact the project was already defeated
in parliament. In</tt>
 <tt>fact the facts weren't quite right either: the project did not
propose</tt>
 <tt>to reduce the forest to 50% it only allowed someone which has a</tt>
 <tt>property in the amazonic area to cut half of it for land use, whilst</tt>
 <tt>keeping the rest untouched. The current legislation obliges people</tt>
 <tt>to keep 80% as forest. Anyway there's a big difference between
a</tt>
 <tt>legislation saying how much of your property has to be kept as
a</tt>
 <tt>reserve on one side compared to a project of proposed</tt>
 <tt>'deforestation' by the govenment at the other.</tt>
<tt>Best wishes,</tt>
 <tt>Cassio</tt>
<tt>>>This is important for all of us!!!</tt>
 <tt>>></tt>
 <tt>>>Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that will reduce
the</tt>
 <tt>>>amazon forest to 50% of its size. The area to be deforested is
4 times</tt>
 <tt>>>the size of Portugal and would be mainly used for agriculture
and</tt>
 <tt>>>pastures for livestock... &lt;snip></tt>
<tt>Jonathan Ertelt</tt>
 <tt>Greenhouse Manager</tt>
 <tt>Vanderbilt University Biology Department</tt>
 <tt>Box 1812, Sta. B</tt>
 <tt>Nashville, TN&nbsp; 37235</tt>
 <tt>(615) 322-4054</tt>
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