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Legal uncertainty cuts progress against Amazon deforestation
2013-06-05 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A year after adopting changes to its long-standing forestry policy, Brazil is struggling to implement the new rules, adding to uncertainty that appears to be fueling an increase in clearing of the Amazon rainforest. Regulators, landowners and farmers say they don't know how long it will take to enact the new "forestry code," a dense law that, among other rules, governs the amount of woodland that must be preserved on farms and other productive property. On Wednesday, President Dilma Rousseff...
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