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Throngs of people gathered in the Brazilian capital to protest the scheduled signing over a proposed reform of the 1965 "Forest Code" that will, as currently written, effectively legalize the deforestation of tens of millions of Amazon jungle after the fact and reduce requirements on landowners to reforest protected areas. Theirs was the latest in a series of nationwide protests in recent months. [Source: Christian Science Monitor]
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