Brazil asks investment firms to adopt protected Amazon areas

Brazil asks investment firms to adopt protected Amazon areas

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government on Thursday proposed that global asset-managers adopt protected areas in the Amazon rainforest in order to curb illegal deforestation ahead of the season farmers traditionally use fire to clear land and brush. Vice President Hamilton Mourão, who heads the government’s council on the Amazon region, held a video […]

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