To end illegal deforestation, Brazil may legalize it entirely, experts warn

Mongabay
Dec 20, 2021, 10:19 am162 pts
At the COP26 climate summit last month, when Brazilian Environment Minister Joaquim Leite announced the country would update its climate goals to include zero illegal deforestation by 2028 (replacing the previous pledge for 2030), local environmentalists, researchers and policy specialists expressed skepticism.…

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