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[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/12/mystery-disease-central-america_n_1272286.html?view=print&comm_ref=false Mystery Disease In Central America Kills Thousands] dehydration and chemicals suspected. 2/12. | [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/12/mystery-disease-central-america_n_1272286.html?view=print&comm_ref=false Mystery Disease In Central America Kills Thousands] dehydration and chemicals suspected. 2/12. | ||
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| + | SAO PAULO -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used a line-item veto Friday to send back parts of a congressional bill that loosened the nation's benchmark law protecting the Amazon rainforest – a veto the government said would prevent increased deforestation. | ||
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| + | Environmentalists were not satisfied because they had called for a veto of the entire bill, known as the Forest Code, saying any weakening of the law would put the world's largest rainforest at risk. Government officials said the partial veto went far enough to keep Brazil on track in its efforts to quell the destruction of the Amazon and other biomes. | ||
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| + | "It's the code of those who believe it's possible to produce food and preserve the environment," Agriculture Minister Jorge Ribeiro Mendes told reporters. | ||
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| + | Mendes and other officials said the government made 12 vetos and 32 other alterations to the bill, including a requirement for large landowners to reforest land they had illegally cleared, with less stringent requirements the smaller the area involved. Rousseff long indicated she wanted a bill that was less rigorous for smaller, poor farmers and ranchers in the Amazon and elsewhere. | ||
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| + | "The big (farmers) have vast extensions of land and have the means to recover all the areas of permanent preservation," Teixeira said. | ||
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| + | The bill now goes back to Congress, and legislators have 30 days to override Rousseff's changes with a simple majority, which is considered unlikely. | ||
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| + | The Amazon rainforest is considered one of the world's most important natural defenses against global warming because of its capacity to absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/brazil-forest-code-veto_n_1546803.html?ir=Green&ref=topbar More]. 5/12 | ||
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Mystery Disease In Central America Kills Thousands dehydration and chemicals suspected. 2/12.
SAO PAULO -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used a line-item veto Friday to send back parts of a congressional bill that loosened the nation's benchmark law protecting the Amazon rainforest – a veto the government said would prevent increased deforestation.
Environmentalists were not satisfied because they had called for a veto of the entire bill, known as the Forest Code, saying any weakening of the law would put the world's largest rainforest at risk. Government officials said the partial veto went far enough to keep Brazil on track in its efforts to quell the destruction of the Amazon and other biomes.
"It's the code of those who believe it's possible to produce food and preserve the environment," Agriculture Minister Jorge Ribeiro Mendes told reporters.
Mendes and other officials said the government made 12 vetos and 32 other alterations to the bill, including a requirement for large landowners to reforest land they had illegally cleared, with less stringent requirements the smaller the area involved. Rousseff long indicated she wanted a bill that was less rigorous for smaller, poor farmers and ranchers in the Amazon and elsewhere.
"The big (farmers) have vast extensions of land and have the means to recover all the areas of permanent preservation," Teixeira said.
The bill now goes back to Congress, and legislators have 30 days to override Rousseff's changes with a simple majority, which is considered unlikely.
The Amazon rainforest is considered one of the world's most important natural defenses against global warming because of its capacity to absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide. More. 5/12
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Living under the constant threat of assassination, Francisco Pineda courageously led a citizens' movement that stopped a gold mine from destroying El Salvador's dwindling water resources and the livelihoods of rural communities throughout the country. Learn more at Link.
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