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GLOBAL 3000 | The Amazon - New Tactic Against Deforestation

1,465 views · Published 22 June 2008 · 3:40 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: DW News · 2008 · People & Blogs

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The Amazon has more different species than any other habitat in the world. But for how much longer? Over the past three decades, some 700,000 square kilometers of it have been destroyed to make way for cattle pasture and soya fields.

A joint project between the Brazilian government and local communities along the river Tabajos now aims to protect the rainforest. Its new strategy involves the controlled lumbering of fast-growing trees, instead of wiping out vegetation. The authorities want to keep a check on the wide scale, illegal clearing of the Amazon rainforest with the new forestry programme.

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