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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 03:48 AM Apr 2020

Brazil: Cutting Trees for China Threatens Amazon Rain Forest


A commentary by Dan Southerland
2020-04-05



View of the landscape from the BR163 highway, in Brazil's Para state in the Amazon rain forest, Sept. 4, 2019.
AFP


Western media reporting on Brazil recently has focused on President Jair Bolsonaro’s dismissal of the coronavirus outbreak there as just “a little cold.”

But what The Economist magazine called Bolsonaro’s “insouciance” regarding threats to Brazil’s Amazon rain forest may demand equal media attention in the long run.

Brazilian farmers’ slash-and-burn clearing of parts of the Amazon rain forest for agricultural purposes has become a concern for environmentalists. The farmers plant much of their tree-cleared land with soybeans destined for export to China.

Some farmers are also clearing forest areas for cattle ranching to meet China’s growing demand for beef.

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https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/china-amazon-04052020115654.html
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Brazil: Cutting Trees for China Threatens Amazon Rain Forest (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2020 OP
He just might MFM008 Apr 2020 #1
He has tempted fate almost in every way possible, but, after all, he's just getting started Judi Lynn Apr 2020 #2

Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
2. He has tempted fate almost in every way possible, but, after all, he's just getting started
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 03:59 PM
Apr 2020

if something doesn't intervene, soon.

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