With little fanfare and virtually no publicity, lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondonia have passed legislation in favor of hundreds of cattle ranchers who had illegally converted swathes of Amazon rainforest into pasture land. (AP Video: Teresa de Miguel and Tatiana Pollastri)
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A Brazil state’s law grants amnesty to illegal Amazon cattle ranchers

With little fanfare and virtually no publicity, lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondonia have passed legislation in favor of hundreds of cattle ranchers who had illegally converted swathes of Amazon rainforest into pasture land. (AP Video: Teresa de Miguel and Tatiana Pollastri)
 
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