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Brazilian President Abolishes Vast Reserve of Amazon Rainforest

HeadlineAug 25, 2017

Meanwhile, in Brazil, President Michel Temer has abolished a vast reserve of tropical rainforest, in what conservationists are calling the “biggest attack on the Amazon of the last 50 years.” The move ends protections for the Renca reserve, a swath of rainforest the size of Denmark, and paves the way for road building, mining and logging.

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