Lawmakers in Brazil Pass Legislation to Pave a Highway Through the Amazon Rainforest
Brazil's Congress has approved BR-319, a bill that will allocate conservation funds for highway pavement to be placed through the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
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Brazil's Congress has approved BR-319, a bill that will allocate conservation funds for highway pavement to be placed through the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
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The lower house of Brazil's Congress passed a bill that allows the paving of highway BR319, which crosses the heart of the Amazon basin and which scientists and environmentalists claim threatens the future of the world's largest tropical rainforest. The bill still has to be approved by the Senate.
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