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  4. From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
  5. Subject: Re: "Rainforest Destruction Has Many Victims"
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.203317.846@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
  7. Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
  8. References: <1992Dec21.154131.3221@hubcap.clemson.edu>
  9. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:33:17 GMT
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  11.  
  12. hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) writes:
  13. : 
  14. : I've heard that (about) 95% of the deforestation is attributable to indigenous
  15. : personnel slash-and-burning for farmland (which is only good for a couple
  16. : of years, and then they move on), and only 5% is due to any kind of
  17. : organized timber industry.
  18. : 
  19. : True? BS? 
  20.  
  21. This is certainly true in Brazil. I don't know about all the other
  22. countries.  Another fact - the rate of deforestation in Brazil has
  23. been at the rate of 0.5%/year.
  24.  
  25. The greatest worry is loss of topsoil.
  26.  
  27. Bill
  28.