Deforestation deadline initiative watered down by lack of support from Brazil

Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 15:42 UTC

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More than 30 countries set the first-ever deadline on Tuesday to end deforestation by 2030, but the feasibility of such a goal was eroded when a key player, Brazil, said it would not join. Read full article

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Brasileiro
Westerners want to decide our future. They are crazy if they think we will allow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl9j0N7vDuo
Sep 24th, 2014 - 07:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 1 Brasso

“The United States, Canada and the entire European Union signed on to a declaration to halve forest loss by 2020 and eliminate deforestation entirely by 2030.”

Mmmm.

But super power Brazil threw their dolly out of the pram and scweemed and scweemed until Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira puked all over herself in rage!

You are supposed to be a first world country according to Dumnass Dilma but you cannot bear it when the real first world moves forward while Brazil moves backwards.

No mention at all of what Brazil CAN do towards the goals: I wonder why that was? FFS grow up.
Sep 25th, 2014 - 09:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
China ChrisR, China!

We are!!
Sep 25th, 2014 - 11:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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