Large Portion Of Amazon Gains Protection In Brazil

More than 57,000 square miles of land in Brazil's Amazon rainforest were recently set aside to be protected from unsustainable logging and development. The area will be the largest protected rainforest area in the world.

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December 5, 2006, 12:00 PM PST

By Nate Berg

"It is regarded a global conservation priority, containing more than 25% of Earth's humid tropical forests. Almost 90% of the Guyana Shield forest is untouched, and the area also contains the most significant freshwater reserves in the American tropics: almost 20% of the world's water runs through it."

"Seven new areas will gain protection, and they will link with existing reserves to form a huge conservation corridor in the northern Amazon."

"This corridor, known as the Guyana Shield region, stretches from neighbouring Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana into Brazil."

FULL STORY: Rainforest gets protected status

Monday, December 4, 2006 in BBC

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