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  1. Xref: sparky rec.woodworking:8652 alt.save.the.earth:1437 talk.environment:5165
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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!hubcap!hubcap
  4. From: hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor)
  5. Subject: Re: "Rainforest Destruction Has Many Victims"
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.154131.3221@hubcap.clemson.edu>
  7. Organization: Clemson University
  8. References: <ACTIV-L.19Dec1992.1347@naughty-peahen> <1992Dec21.061805.11486@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
  9. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:41:31 GMT
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  13. I've heard that (about) 95% of the deforestation is attributable to indigenous
  14. personnel slash-and-burning for farmland (which is only good for a couple
  15. of years, and then they move on), and only 5% is due to any kind of
  16. organized timber industry.
  17.  
  18. True? BS? 
  19.  
  20. -Mike
  21.