FORESTRY
FOREST PROTECTION
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Question
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They have arrested those responsible for cutting trees in the rain-forest.
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They have set aside large protected areas and planted new trees.
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They have encouraged the poor people who live in the rain-forest to move to cities.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Brazil’s most powerful weapon against deforestation in the short run is Ibama, which slaps fines on offenders, bans farming in deforested areas and destroys expensive equipment used in illegal logging.
Detailed explanation-2: -Federal and state governments ultimately designated over 65% of Amazonia to several public interests, including rural settlement. For biodiversity, they created conservation units, some allowing traditional resource use and subsistence agriculture.
Detailed explanation-3: -To permanently protect 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon, Brazil established the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program in 2002. Created in partnership with WWF and others, the program is the world’s largest initiative for the conservation of tropical forests.
Detailed explanation-4: -First, at both state and federal levels, the country greatly expanded its network of indigenous reserves and protected areas (including sustainable-use reserves), which now encompass more than half of Brazil’s Amazon forest. Just as important, these reserves have been effectively protected.