By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website, Rio Branco
Seedlings of mahogany abound at the Rio Branco nurseryA Brazilian state intends to make cattle ranchers reforest land which they have cleared for grazing.
The government of Acre in the Amazon has established a nursery growing seedlings of species such as mahogany which they will issue to ranchers. Ranchers may be made to reforest up to 30% of their land. Read more...
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About Me
- Iosif Botetzagias
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Politics and Policy, Dept. of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece
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