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- LETTERS, Page 5Forests of Brazil
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- I don't believe that any American could condone the
- exploitation and destruction of the Amazon Basin (ENVIRONMENT,
- April 17). But how can we criticize the Brazilian government
- for its actions, or lack thereof, while we continue to destroy
- the habitats of our national bird, the bald eagle, and our own
- Government allows Alaska's Tongass National Forest to be
- extensively logged? U.S. citizens cannot hope to be taken
- seriously as environmentalists so long as we remain unwilling
- to follow our own advice.
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- Laura A. Norton Greeley, Colo.
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- If the Amazon rain forest is so important to the earth's
- atmosphere, why can't the nations of the world unite and
- co-lease it from Brazil for a fair price? This plan could help
- that country bring some of its poverty and world debt under
- control, and would help save our environment. Brazil, what's it
- worth to you?
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- Bridget Alley Rugby, Tenn.
-