Brazil to save more forest.In other COP-8 news, as cabinet ministers from more than 90 nations arrived in Curitiba Curitiba (k  rētē`bä), city (1996 pop. 1,465,698), capital of Paraná state, SE Brazil. , Brazil Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. announced plans to expand protection of the
Amazon rain forest.
Brazil's Environment Ministry said in late March it would declare about 80,000 more square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. of the rain forest a protected area
Protected areas in the next three years. The project is part of the Amazon Protected Areas Program, which has banned development in some regions and created sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union zones in others to preserve the Amazon region, which covers 1.6 million square miles in Brazil and extends into Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. During three days of high-level talks at the COP-8, cabinet ministers face a major test of their commitment to provisions of the 1993 treaty as well as their support for the Global Fund for the Environment. "In a sense we are at a crossroads," said Greenpeace's Marcelo Furtado. "If concrete measures don't emerge from this conference, the convention could lose its credibility. "If that happens, pressing environmental issues could end up being dealt with at other forums like the World Trade Organization, where economic considerations take greater priority." Organizers said 93 government ministers were expected to participate in the conference. --MercoPress, 3/27 |
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