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1Brazil's development bank to require beef-tracking system to avoid illegal Amazon deforestation 3 Citations Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay.com, delicious.comMongabay.com July 1, 2009, delicious.com Responding to allegations that major Brazilian cattle producers are responsible for illegal forest clearing in the Amazon, Brazil's development bank BNDES will soon require processors to trace the origin of beef back to the ranch where it was produced in order to qualify for loans, reports Brazil's Agencia Estado. The traceability program aims to ensure that cattle products do not come from illegally deforested land., delicious.com
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Indonesia, U.S. in debt payment deal on forests 1 Citation Reuters
June 30, 2009, delicious.com
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Gunns finds Swedish pulp mill partner 1 Citation
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Brazil government 'worst logger' 1 Citation The environment minister said he would create an environmental police force with 3,000 armed officers to help combat deforestation.
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New York Times: Peace Prize Goes to Environmentalist in Kenya 1 Citation The winner founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 to organize poor women to plant millions of trees to combat deforestation and to replenish the source of fuel for cooking fires in villages., blogmarks.net
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Amazon 'stealth' logging revealed 1 Citation Scientists from Brazil and the US say new research suggests deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has been underestimated by at least 60%., blogmarks.net
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1 Citation A 2005 paper by Jianguo Liu and Jared Diamond described the increased incidence of dust storms in China. From AD 300 to 1949, China experienced a dust storm on average every 31 years. After 1990, a dust storm occurred almost every year. The authors attributed the increase in such storms partly to deforestation and changes in water usage., blogmarks.net
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