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04 Jun 2009
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Greenpeace activists stage a protest against deforestation near a Brazil nut tree in the Amazon rainforest in the Brazil town of Claudia, Mato Grosso State in this August 9, 2005 file photo. A forest carbon market is emerging in anticipation of a global, U.N. climate deal in December in Copenhagen, expected to allow rich countries to pay to protect rainforests as a cheap alternative to cutting their own greenhouse gases. To match feature CLIMATE-CARBON/TROPICS REUTERS/Bruno Domingos/Files (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS ENERGY)
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Policemen patrol next to a wall being built by Rio de Janeiro city hall to limit the expansion of the Dona Marta slum from encroaching on the forest in Rio de ...




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