Category: rain forest

  • Consequences

    Sometimes the policies that the US fosters and the public condones has unintended consequences.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://stri.org/english/about_stri/headline_news/news/article.php?id=736" title="interesting">Corn… fuel… fire!<br />nU.S. corn subsidies promote Amazon de forestation</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Amazon deforestation and fires are being aggravated by US farm subsidies, claims STRI’s staff scientist William Laurance.<br />n <br />n According to Laurance, whose findings are reported…