> 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 on the 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 kilmetres, > deforested with the same purpose, are abandoned and in the process of > becoming desert. > We cannot let this happen.

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