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This month the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) created a label to affirm the location of enterprises that are outside the "Amazonian Biome" and to allow easier access to credit. The very design of the label causes confusion. Beginning with its logo, which, instead of showing a map of the biome, shows the Legal Amazonia Region represents 60% of Brazilian territory. The biome only represents 46% of Brazilian land. |
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| The world will have to at least double the size of already-existing forests to produce enough food, biofuels and timber products and sub-products. This is the conclusion of two studies conducted by the Right Resources Initiative (RRI). They point out that 515 million additional hectares of forests will be needed by 2030. |
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Deforestation data on the Amazon released today (15th) by the National Institute of Space Research (Inpe), shows that the trend in the deforestation rate continued in May, with 1,096 km² of rainforest destroyed. In April, 1,123 km² of felled rainforest was detected. |
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| List of the bank’s 50 largest investments in Brazil show that Vale alone received over R$ 3 billion in the last 12 months. Socially oriented investments were only R$ 500 million. |
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