Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Untangling Brazil's controversial new forest code

WOOD PILE
Untangling Brazil's controversial new forest code
Cape Cod MA (SPX) Apr 30, 2014 - Approved in 2012, Brazil's new Forest Code has few admirers. Agricultural interests argue that it threatens the livelihoods of farmers. Environmentalists counter that it imperils millions of hectares of forest, threatening to release the billions of tons of carbon they contain. A new study, co-authored by Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) scientists Michael Coe, Marcia Macedo and Brazilian ... more


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