#Brazil delays Forest Code vote #Amazon

Brazil delays Forest Code vote

#Brazil delays Forest Code vote #Amazon

Is the Russian Forest Code a warning for Brazil? (12/19/2011) Brazil, which last week moved to reform its Forest Code, may find lessons in Russia's revision of its forest law in 2007, say a pair of Russian scientists. The Brazilian Senate last week passed a bill that would relax some of forest provisions imposed on landowners. Environmentalists blasted the move, arguing that the new Forest Code — provided it is not vetoed by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff next year — could undermine the country's progress in reducing deforestation. Brazil passes controversial Forest Code reform environmentalists say will be 'a disaster' for the Amazon (12/06/2011) The Brazilian Senate tonight passed controversial legislation that will reform the country's 46-year-old Forest Code, which limits how much forest can be cleared on private lands. Environmentalists are calling the move "a dis...

Full article: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0307-forest_code_delay.html

Tweets

@clovisml » 07 Mar '12, 10pm
Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] via @elizondogabriel Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, 1988-2011
@elizondogabriel » 07 Mar '12, 8pm
Nice Graph: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, 1988-2011 [link] (via @mongabay)
@milkorockmar » 07 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @AmazonWatch: #Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] #Amazon
@AmazonWatch » 07 Mar '12, 8pm
#Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] #Amazon
@ISF_SP » 07 Mar '12, 7pm
But we have more to do. RT @ISF_Latvia Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] via @mongabay
@MaraMarcondes2 » 07 Mar '12, 7pm
RT @ISF_Brazil: RT @ISF_SP VOTE POSTPONED, but we still have to SCREAM #VETADILMA! | "Brazil delays Forest Code vote" [link]
@Ja_acquelinee » 07 Mar '12, 6pm
RT @ISF_SP: VOTE POSTPONED, but we still have to SCREAM #VETADILMA! | "Brazil delays Forest Code vote" [link] via Mongabay
@ISF_SP » 07 Mar '12, 5pm
VOTE POSTPONED, but we still have to SCREAM #VETADILMA! | "Brazil delays Forest Code vote" [link] via Mongabay
@YaleEnviro » 07 Mar '12, 2pm
Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] via @mongabay
@TrueBookMachine » 07 Mar '12, 11am
Latest from @saveborneo: Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] [link] #Sarawak
@petrovdempski » 07 Mar '12, 11am
RT @saveborneo: Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link]
@saveborneo » 07 Mar '12, 11am
Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link]
@tchibi » 08 Mar '12, 6pm
RT @AmazonWatch: #Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] #Amazon
@venkatvedam » 07 Mar '12, 11pm
RT @elizondogabriel: Nice Graph: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, 1988-2011 [link] (via @mongabay)
@GrassrootsIntl » 07 Mar '12, 11pm
RT @ISF_SP VOTE POSTPONED, but we still have to SCREAM #VETADILMA! | "Brazil delays Forest Code vote" via Mongabay [link]
@NanaSilvergrim » 07 Mar '12, 9pm
RT @AmazonWatch: #Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] #Amazon [link]
@botnenakselsen » 07 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @AmazonWatch: #Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] #Amazon
@jadzia_1 » 07 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @AmazonWatch: #Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] #Amazon
@kaath_ » 07 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @AmazonWatch: #Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] #Amazon
@camillanuness » 07 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @ISF_Brazil: RT @ISF_SP VOTE POSTPONED, but we still have to SCREAM #VETADILMA! | "Brazil delays Forest Code vote" [link]
@PSOLMESDF » 07 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @ISF_Brazil: RT @ISF_SP VOTE POSTPONED, but we still have to SCREAM #VETADILMA! | "Brazil delays Forest Code vote" [link]
@_acarvalho » 07 Mar '12, 7pm
RT @ISF_Brazil: RT @ISF_SP VOTE POSTPONED, but we still have to SCREAM #VETADILMA! | "Brazil delays Forest Code vote" [link]
@ISF_Latvia » 07 Mar '12, 7pm
Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] via @mongabay
@ISF_SP » 07 Mar '12, 7pm
RT @ISF_Brazil: RT @ISF_SP VOTE POSTPONED, but we still have to SCREAM #VETADILMA! | "Brazil delays Forest Code vote" [link]
@ISF_Brazil » 07 Mar '12, 7pm
RT @ISF_SP VOTE POSTPONED, but we still have to SCREAM #VETADILMA! | "Brazil delays Forest Code vote" [link]
@Marisa_81 » 07 Mar '12, 4pm
Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] via @mongabay
@ISF_KidsArmy_BE » 07 Mar '12, 2pm
Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link] via @mongabay
@WiwindyFirdaus » 07 Mar '12, 11am
RT @saveborneo: Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link]
@riep_curl » 07 Mar '12, 11am
RT @saveborneo: Brazil delays Forest Code vote [link]