Amazon fires unstoppable, official says

Reference Type Newspaper Article
Year of Publication
1988
Contributors Author: Jan Rocha
Newspaper
The Des Moines Register
Pages
7A
Issue Date
09/1988
City
Des Moines, IA
Language
English
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Brazilian officials of forest protection have admitted that the deliberate and blatant destruction of the rainforest cannot be stopped. They stated that they have no way for the government to intervene because of a government policy implemented in the 1970s. Other Brazilian officials have refused to admit how bad the destruction has become. Previous statistics provided by the forest service were much lower than the actual damage. Tons of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide have been pumped into the earths's atmosphere, contributing to the "greenhouse effect."
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