Brazil Launches Vast Conservation Effort in Amazon

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced the protection of 3.7 million hectares of forest in two new land reserves in the Brazilian state of Para. The new parks will help connect protected areas of the savannah ecosystem in the south to the rain forests of the central Amazon.

“Social and environmental organizations, including WWF, have been pressing for the creation of these new protected areas in the Terra do Meio region for several years as a way of easing conflicts over logging and land use, protecting the rights of local residents and conserving the irreplaceable biodiversity of the Xingu river basin. ” (WWF)

Link: Brazil protects millions of hectares of Amazon from WWF (formerly known as World Wildlife Fund)

Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 5:23 PM on April 5, 2005

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