[permaculture] BBC NEWS | Americas | Murder by local ranchers of missionary Dorothy Stangr prompts Brazil Amazon curb

Lawrence F. London, Jr. lfl at intrex.net
Fri Feb 18 03:37:34 EST 2005


<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4275781.stm>


Murder prompts Brazil Amazon curb

Dorothy Stang spent decades defending Para's peasant settlers

Brazil plans to protect a huge swathe of the Amazon after the murder of a US-born missionary who had campaigned for the forest's peasant 
farmers.

Nearly four million hectares (10 million acres) in Para state will become a conservation area in a bid to ward off loggers and landowners.

The government will also reinforce the environmental police force.


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