The Brazilian Congress, influenced by the agribusiness sector, seeks to change the Forest Code in Brazil to open more of the Amazon rainforest to be cleared.  Not only will this destroy forested areas in the Amazon no longer protected by the Forest Code but the clearing and burning of these lands will release millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere—making the impacts of climate change worse.

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If Japan is going to start rounding up political prisoners for the
crime of defending whales, they're going to have to arrest a whole
heaping lot of us. Sign the petition to stand in solidarity with
Junichi and Toru.

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