Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next two years. “The main goal of forest concessions is the conservation of these areas," said Renato Rosenberg, director of forest concessions for the Brazilian Forest Service, during an online press conference. "They also create jobs and income in parts of the Amazon that would otherwise have little economic activity.” The idea is that giving permission to timber companies to take a limited number of trees gives them a stake in overseeing the forest, something the Brazilian government cannot afford to do. “Forest management is the best way to halt environmental crime, from land-grabbing to illegal logging,” Frank Almeida, president of the National Forum, told the AP.
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