Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R), Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff and Environment Minister Carlos Minc (L) smile during an Environment Ceremony at the Cultural Center Banco do Brasil in Brasilia November 12, 2009. The Amazon registered the lowest deforestation in 21 years, a decline of about 45 percent in a year, according to figures from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)
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