From msc2@wanadoo.fr Mon Jul 10 11:21:18 2000 Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:26:19 +0200 Subject: Amazone Forest From: "Christiane Berger" Dear everyone, Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that will reduce the Amazon Forest to 50% of its size. The area to be deforested is 4 times the size of Portugal and would be mainly used for agriculture and pastures for livestock. All the wood is to be sold to international markets in the form of woodchips, by multinational companies. The truth is that the soil in the Amazon Forest is useless without the forest itself. Its quality is very acidic and the region is prone to constant floods. At this time more than 160 000 square kilometers, deforested with the same purpose, are abandoned and in the process of becoming deserts. We cannot let this happen. Copy the text into a new email, put your complete name in the list below, and send to everyone you know. (Don't just forward it because then it will end up with rows of >>>'s ) If you are the 100th person to sign: please send a copy to fsaviolo@openlink.com.br Thank you. 1. Ana Barassi, Brisbane, Australia 2. Ernesto Moran, Brisbane, Australia 3. Libby Sara, Brisbane, Australia 4. Jwan Rostam, Brisbane, Australia 5. Verity Clisby, Brisbane, Australia 6. Linsey Pollak, Kin Kin, Australia 7. Christian Fotsch, Regensdorf, Switzerland 8. Andreas Kleiner, Zurich, Switzerland 9. Frédéric Zweig 10. David Goldblatt, Zurich, Switzerland 11. Bernard Aebischer, Zurich, Switzerland 12. Martin Jakob, Zurich, Switzerland 13. Fritz Gassmann, Vogelsang/Turgi, Switzerland 14. Christiane Berger, Mollkirch, France Thank's for you to help us to protect the nature for the future generations ! Christiane Berger 18, rte de la Chapelle 67190 Mollirch info@monde-de-bebe.com http://www.monde-de-bebe.com