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Brazil's top court approves controversial forestry law
Source: BBC
Brazil's top court approves controversial forestry law
1 March 2018
Brazil's supreme court has upheld major changes to laws protecting the Amazon rainforest, delivering a blow to environmentalists.
The revision of the 2012 law includes an amnesty programme that scraps penalties for landowners who have cut trees down illegally in the past.
Environmentalists say it will make illegal deforestation of the world's largest rainforest acceptable.
Farmers say the changes give producers confidence to grow the economy.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43236709