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Rousseff Pressed to Veto Brazil Forestry Law
The legislation would allow landowners to cultivate riverbanks that were previously protected, and would provide an amnesty from fines for illegal logging.
April 26, 2012 | AFP
Brasilia, Brazil – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff came under enormous pressure from environmentalists to veto a new forestry bill they fear will speed up deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Carlos Rittl, a WWF climate expert, called it the "biggest environmental retreat in Brazil in decades."
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