2011年12月11日星期日

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Voters in Brazil reject Para state's partition (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 03:12 PM PST

AP - Voters in a northern Brazilian state have rejected a proposal that would have broken it into three new states.

Brazil: 50 tons of corn stolen from moving train (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 06:51 AM PST

AP - Police in Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state are investigating the theft of 50 metric tons (55 U.S. tons) of corn from a moving train.

Saving the Amazon, from forest floor up (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 09:01 PM PST

In this Sept. 23, 2011 photo, an aerial view of Paragominas, northern state of Para, Brazil. Paragominas has become a pioneering 'Green City,' a model of sustainability with a new economic approach that has seen illegal deforestation virtually halted. Experts say the metamorphosis is the best hope for showing the 25 million people who live in the Amazon that the forest is worth more alive than dead. 'Green City' plan aims to halt all illegal deforestation through a mix of enforcement, the creation of the Amazon's only local environmental police force, and promotion of an economy that doesn't rely on clearing jungle. Instead, the focus is on sustainable development, using managed forestry for a wood industry, and introducing modern farming techniques to increase production while using less land. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Just three years ago, the manmade fires here were so fierce smoke would blot out the Amazon sky, turning the days dark. Towering rainforest trees exploded in flames, their canopies cleared to let pasture grow for cattle.

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