-WG: rainforest -

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> >> >
> >Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that
> >will reduce the Amazon forest to 50% of its size. The area to be
> >deforested > >is 4 times the size of Portugal and would be mainly used
for
> >agriculture and > >pastures for livestock...
> >All the wood is to be sold to international markets in the form of
> >wood > >chips, by multinational companies...
> >The truth is that the soil in the amazon forest is useless without the
> >forest itself. Its quality is very acidic and the region is prone to
> >constant floods. At this time more than 160.000 square
> >kilometers deforested with the same purpose, are abandoned and in
> >the process of becoming deserts.
> >
> >Are we to let this happen? Copy the text into a new email, put your
> >complete name in the list below, and send to everyone you know.
> >(Don't just forward it cos then it will end up with rows of >>> ).
If > >you are > >the 100th person to sign please send a copy to:
> >
> >fsaviolo@openlink.com.br
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >01 Barbara Kovats
> >02 Irma Knittel
> >03 Evelyn Otte
> >04 Paul Gisler
> >05 Ralph Engel
> >06 Susanne Pieper- Frankfurt, Germany
> 07 Wolfgang Mikula, Vienna, Austria

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