New bill aims to cut protection to 1M hectares of Brazilian rainforest

Mongabay
Mar 10, 2017, 6:36 pm193 pts
A proposal under review by the Brazilian government aims to shrink four protected areas in the Amazon and eliminate another area entirely, Greenpeace says. If approved, the bid would put more than a million hectares of rainforest at risk to deforestation. “Removing protection from these areas will lead to…

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