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Although we have been warned about the effects for decades, deforestation is only getting worse. The practice has massive implications right around the world.
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved contentious new legislation that eases rules on how much land farmers must preserve as forest. Environmentalists are up in arms, and say the new forest legislation will be a disaster, and lead to further destruction of the Amazon.