1. Trees and the law.
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ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *DEFORESTATION - Abstract
Examines legislation pending in Brazil that would curb environmental abuse. The fragility of the Amazon rainforest; Profit sources of logging, mining, and large-scale agriculture in Brazil; Efforts at environmental protection by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso; Legislation as of January 1998; Figures for deforestation and other statistics; Ibama, the government's environmental agency; Forecasts concerning enforcement of legislation.
- Published
- 1998