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The Deforestation in the Amazon. By: Wes Markwood. Thesis
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The Deforestation in the Amazon By: Wes Markwood
Thesis The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's most prominently known rainforests. The Amazon rainforest’s beauty is decreasing every day due to illegal logging. The President of Brazil, LuizInácio Lula da Silva, has been making a difference, and changing the bad habits in the Amazon Rainforest by passing new laws and creating agencies to monitor the deforestation.
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