Campaigners welcome U-turn on Renca reserve but threat still exists as Brazil president has close ties to mining industryAmazon conservation groups have hailed a victory as the Brazilian government announced a U-turn on plans to open up swaths of the the world's biggest forest to mining corporations.President Michel Temer had sparked outrage in August when he announced a decree to abolish the Renca reserve, an area of 17,800 square miles - roughly the size of Switzerland - that is an important carbon sink and home to some of the world's richest biodiversity. Continue reading...
Brazil backtracks on plan to open up Amazon forest to mining
26. září 2017 16:07
Příroda
Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/26/brazil-backtracks-on-plan-to-open-up-amazon-forest-to-mining
Zdroj: The Guardian