Brazil tries to regulate Amazon rainforest use

Fri Mar 23 20:23:54 -0700 2007
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A responsible use law passed last year in Brazil has gone into effect and both environmentalists and some loggers think it is a good idea. Wanting to both exploit and preserve the rainforest as much as possible, they will be cataloging all the available public areas that will be opened for logging, and the companies have to develop a sustainability plan to go along with access. They hope they can provide good jobs and valuable products on into the future if they manage it closely.

..."Loggers will have to present a plan for sustainable management that preserves the forest while allowing commercial profit from it."..more there

of course, all this depends on how bad the droughts get. No rain for a long time = no rainforest, simple as that