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New bill to expand farmlands in the Amazon may derail Brazil’s green efforts
Tuesday 11 Jun 24 10:30am
A bill that would reduce the amount of primary forest that landowners in the Brazilian Amazon must preserve may lead to the deforestation of an area twice the size of Rio de Janeiro state.
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