Comments on: Deforestation of the Amazon from 2000-2008 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/29/deforestation-of-the-amazon-from-2000-2008/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dougo http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/29/deforestation-of-the-amazon-from-2000-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1756221 Dougo Sat, 30 May 2009 04:04:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/29/deforestation-of-the-amazon-from-2000-2008/#comment-1756221 It's as bad or worse in the U.S., as anyone knows who has flown over the Pacific Northwest: http://www.forestcouncil.org/learn/aerial/index.html Back in the early 1990s, some scientists compared aerial photos of Rondonia, Brazil with the Mt Hood National Forest in Oregon, and the result: Brazil looked downright verdant by comparison. The Mt Hood NF was chopped to bits. It’s as bad or worse in the U.S., as anyone knows who has flown over the Pacific Northwest:
http://www.forestcouncil.org/learn/aerial/index.html

Back in the early 1990s, some scientists compared aerial photos of Rondonia, Brazil with the Mt Hood National Forest in Oregon, and the result: Brazil looked downright verdant by comparison. The Mt Hood NF was chopped to bits.

]]> By: VonSkippy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/29/deforestation-of-the-amazon-from-2000-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1755875 VonSkippy Sat, 30 May 2009 00:24:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/29/deforestation-of-the-amazon-from-2000-2008/#comment-1755875 I didn't know amazon sold forests. I didn’t know amazon sold forests.

]]> By: dutchboy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/29/deforestation-of-the-amazon-from-2000-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1755194 dutchboy Fri, 29 May 2009 15:57:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/29/deforestation-of-the-amazon-from-2000-2008/#comment-1755194 Biofuel production. Biofuel production.

]]> By: Felipe Venancio http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/29/deforestation-of-the-amazon-from-2000-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1755110 Felipe Venancio Fri, 29 May 2009 14:41:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/29/deforestation-of-the-amazon-from-2000-2008/#comment-1755110 Brazilians are cutting the forest. But someone else is buying the logs. Brazilians are cutting the forest. But someone else is buying the logs.

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