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The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has
approved controversial legislation t hat
eases rules on how much land farmers
must preserve as forest.
Brazil's powerful f armers' lobby argues that
the chan es will romote sustainable f ood
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production.
But environmentalists say the new fo rest code
will be a disaster and lead to f urther
destruction of the Amazon.
The bill now goes to President Dilma Roussef f , who may use her veto
to remove so me clauses.
Wednesday's 247-184 vo te in favour of the new forest code capped a
year of political wrangling.
Brazil's farmers have long pushed fo r changes, arguing that
uncertainty over the current legislation has undermined investment in
the agriculture secto r, which accounts f or more than 5% of GDP.
Severe environmental rest rictions have also f orced many smaller
f armers of f their land, they argue.
Missed t argets?
Rural producers would have "more stability and political support," said
Deputy Paulo Piau, who drew up the Chamber's vers ion of the bill.
"Production and the environment will only benefit from that. With a
confused law there is no benefit," he said.
But opponents said the new law was a s tep
back.
"Over the years, we have slowed
defo restation and intensified production. Now
we are going to modif y all the things that
resulted in the decrease of defo restation by
changing the legislation," said Deputy Sarney
Filho.
Greenpeace urged President Rouss eff to veto
"
Wednesday's vote capped months of bitterpolitical argument
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f orest code is being eroded weeks before
Brazil hosts the Rio summit (on sustainable development)."
Several former environment ministers had warned that Brazil would
miss its emissions targets if the code were weakened, Greenpeace
noted.
Defores tation o f the Amazon has slowed in recent years, as a result
of better law enfo rcement, with authorities using satellite images to
track clearance.
Under the Forest Code, which dates back to 1965, landowners must
conserve a percentage of their terrain fores ted, ranging f rom 20% in
some regions t o 80% in the Amazon.
This provision remains, but environmentalists say ot her changes to the
code will erode key protections.
Under the new bill, farmers will be able to cultivate land closer tohilltops and riverbanks, which are especially vulnerable to erosion if
trees are chopped down.
The bill also pro vides an amnesty from fines f or illegally clearing trees
before July 2008, although larger landholders would have to replant
most of the cleared area or preserve the same amount o f land
elsewhere.
President Roussef f f aces a political dilemma, correspondents say, as
she seeks to combine support f or econo mic development, but also
uphold environmental pledges made during her election campaign in2010.
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24 .In Gold I Trust
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It's far too easy to criticise other countries for "not doing their bit" to
save or maintain the environment when really we should look in the
mirror. Being truly gree n and sa ving the planet means consuming less
in every aspect of our own lives and adopting a make do and mendapproach to life rather than criticising countries who simply want to earn
the money to have the same standard of living.
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A very la rge part of Braz il's eco nomic g rowth comes from agri-
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