Weekly Report - 19 June 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)
BRAZIL: Booming food prices speed up deforestation
The government reported this week that 40% of the country's soya and beef are produced in the huge area known as Amazônia Legal. This area, covering nine states of the Amazon basin, is 83% forest and 17% pasture and arable land. Amazônia Legal has been earmarked by the federal government for agricultural development that is supposed to ensure the preservation of 80% of the forest.
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