Brazil’s New Forest Code puts vast areas of protected Amazon forest at risk

Mongabay
Mar 4, 2019, 12:04 pm190 pts
Large swathes of Legal Amazonia have been cleared, first for cattle, then later for soy. Image by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay. Over 15 million hectares (57,915 square miles) of Amazon forest stand to lose their protected status as a result of changes to Brazil’s 1965 Forest Code, according to a study published…

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