Tropical deforestation is the source of nearly a fifth of annual, human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Recent studies by Woods Hole Research Center scientists demonstrate that during years of severe drought, tropical rainforest fires,  can double emissions from tropical forests. Now, an international team of forest and climate researchers has found that [...]

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Anti-oxidents from the Rainforest
Needless to say, the Amazonian Rainforest is replete with herbs offering a wide variety of health benefits.  But beyond specific health benefits, like the ability of stevia to regulate blood pressure or sangre de drago to accelerate wound healing or chanca piedra to break kidney stones into a myriad of small stones, [...]

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Maggi protests report blaming him for "rape of rainforest" – News – AE-Brazil.

Governor of Mato Grosso and "Soy King" Blairo Maggi (Popular Socialist Party – PPS) refuted a report in the Friday edition of British daily "The Independent" calling him the man behind "the rape of the rainforest".
"I think the accusation is shocking, an exaggeration [...]

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