AFP: Fierce debate in Brazil over forestry protection

Brazil, the world's fifth largest country by area, has 5.3 million square kilometers of jungle and forests -- mostly in the Amazon river basin -- of which only 1.7 million are under state protection. The rest is in private hands, or its ownership is undefined.

By Yana Marull (AFP) – May 12, 2011.  See complete link:   http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hElzc-xBwvdvqvm_gN5Fv_y2EMIg?docId=CNG.b9087ae85ba0cdf88c38a982205dfbcd.01