The Brazilian congress is voting on a project to reduce the Amazon forest to a 50%

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To anyone who might be interested, The Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that will reduce the Amazon forest to 50% of it size.

It will take 1 minute to read this, but PLEASE, make a copy, put your name on the list, and forward this on.

The area to be deforested is 4 times the size of Portugal, and would be mainly used for agriculture and pastures for livestock. All the wood is to be sold to international markets in the form of wood chips by large multinational companies. The truth is that the soil in the Amazon forest is useless without the forest itself, its quality is very acidic, and the region is prone to constant floods. At the moment, more than 160,000 square kilometres, deforested with the same purpose, are abandoned and in the process of becoming deserts.
Deforestation (and the subsequent processing of the wood chips) on this scale will also release huge amounts of carbon (which is currently locked up in the wood) back into the atmosphere. We just cannot let this happen.

So, please COPY the text into a NEW email, DO NOT just forward this on, or it will just be lines and lines like this, very difficult to read. Now just add your complete name and location to the list below, and send it to everyone you know.
If you are the 400th person to sign, please send a copy to: fsaviolo@openlink.com.br

Thank you for your help!
01 Fernanda de Souza Saviolo - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
02 Nara Maria de Souza - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
03 Julio Cesar Fraga Viana - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
04 Monica Grotkowsky Brotto -Sao Paulo - SP
05 Mauricio Grotkowsky Brotto - S*o Paulo
06 Ricardo A.Corrallo - SP
07 Sunny Jonathan - SP
08 Leonardo Larsen Rocha - SP
09 Evandro Sestrem - SP
10 Marco Aurlio Wehrmeister - Blumenau - SP
11 Angela Maria Gonalves - Blumenau -SP
12 Alessandra Bernardino- Blumenau - SP
13 Pedro Carstens Penfold - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
14 Annelena Porto Delgado - S*o Paulo
15 Erica Couto -S*o Paulo - SP
16 Elaine Couto- S*o Paulo - SP
17 Tatiana de Almeida Voivodic - S*o Paulo
18 Solange B Furlanetto - S*o Paulo / SP
19 Marcos deSouza Mello - S*o Paulo / SP
20 Eliane Santiago - S*o Paulo/ SP
21 Francisca J. Bezerra Alves Ara*jo - S*o Paulo/SP
22 Carlos Alberto Dantas Junior - Rio de Janeiro /RJ
23 Daniel Rodrigues da Cruz - Rio de Janeiro / RJ
24 Gabriella Gaida - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
25 Ceclia Silva Teixeira Pinto - RJ
26 Tania Santos Miguel
27 Celso Henrique Diniz Valente de Figueiredo - RJ
28 Marcelo Lopes Rheingantz - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
29 Rodrigo Tassinari de Oliveira - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
30 Andr Lobato Pinheiro - Rio deJaneiro - RJ
31 Ismael dos Santos Silva - RJ
32 Gustavo Alexandre Caetano Correa - RJ
33 Juana Varella Barca de Amorim - Rio de Janeiro
34 Nara Faria Silva Rio de Janeiro -RJ-
35 Isabella Jaggi S*oPaulo- SP -
36 Diana de Andrade Freitas - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
37 Karina Dourado - S*o Paulo -
38 Pablo Genuncio Garcia - Rio de Janeiro
39 Fabola Morais de Lucca - S*o Paulo
40 Alexei Morais de Lucca - S*o Paulo - SP
41 Renata Regina Roxo - S*o Paulo - SP
42 Fernanda Teixeira - S*o Paulo - SP
43 Patricia Freitas - S*o Paulo - SP
44 Cintia Regina K*rner -Alemanha - DE -
45 Wolfgang K*rner - Alemanha - DE
46 Roseani Vieira Rocha - San Francisco - CA
47 Angela Ichimura - S*o Paulo - SP
48 Assunta Viola - Sao Paulo - SP
50 Marina Amaral - Alemanha - DE
51 Fabian Rodrigues Caetano - Sao Paulo - SP
52 Luciana Cabrera- Santa Barbara- Ca
53 Andrea Torres-Lahaina, Hawaii
54 Carla Duarte- New York, NY
55 Sergio Goes - New York, NY
56 Itaal Shur - New York, NY
57 Hiroyoku Sanada-New York, NY, US
58 Marianne Ebert-new york, NY, US
59 Gloriana M. Calhoun - New York, NY
60 Roger Jazilek - New York, NY
61 Cheryl To - New York, NY
62 Judy Mercer - Paris, France
63 Evelyne Pouget- Woodstock, NY
64 Hera-Woodstock, NY
65 Nicos Peonides - Cyprus - New York NY
66 Fiona Cousins - New York, NY
67 Alistair Millington - London, UK
68 Edgar Craggs - Bristol, UK
69 Chris Hastie - Nottingham, UK
70 Adam Barley - Bristol, UK
71 Dawn Morgan - Bristol, UK
72 Lottie Berthoud - Bristol, UK
73 Julia Simnett - Bristol, UK
74 Lindsey Colbourne - Bath, UK
75 Wendy Lawton - Bath, UK
76 James Friel - Birmingham, UK
77 Sylvia Magyar - Budapest, Hungary
78 Danco Uzunov - Budapest Hungary
79 Vladimir Jurukovski - New York, USA
80 Laste Stojanovski - Auckland, New Zealand
81 Katerina Rusevska - Skopje, Macedonia
82 Snezana Pesic -Kragujevac, Yugoslavia
83 Sladjan Pavlovic - Beograd, Yugoslavia
84 Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic - Belgrade, Yugoslavia
85 Begoqa Arano-Brussels, Belgium
86 Brendan Kelly-Brussels, Belgium
87 Rafael Marquez-Madrid, Spain
88 Ignacio De la Riva-Madrid, Spain
89 A. Townsend Peterson - Lawrence,Kansas
90 Anita Gamauf-Vienna, Austria
91 Desmond Allen-Tokyo, Japan
92 Krys Kazmierczak, London, UK.
93 Anand Prasad, Denmark
94 Pauline McLeod, York, UK
95 Lee Casey, Harrogate, United Kingdom
96 Sibylle Rhovier, Bournemouth, UK
97 Peter McCaig, London UK
98 Robert Vint, Totnes, UK
99 Hugh Warwick, Oxford, UK
100 Richard Madden, Brighton, UK
101 Amanda Marks, Woodbridge, UK
102 Jane Laws, Woodbridge, UK
103 Joanna Hayes, London, UK
104 Julian Matthews - London UK
105 Anna Davies, London, UK
106 Darren Lucas, Mansfield, UK
107 Nic Masters, Taunton, UK
108 Kate Dougal, London, UK
109 Richard Dolan, London, UK
110 Stacey Watson, London, UK
111 Shannon O'Brien, London, UK
112 Jigna Patel, London, UK
113 Lisa O'Brien, Malmo, Sweden
114 Johan Luyckx, Malmo, Sweden
115 John Dolecek, Malmo, Sweden
116 Steven Huynh, Malmo, Sweden
117 Bodil Johansson, Malmo, Sweden
118 Anna-Maj Wandt, Dalby, Sweden
119 Kajsa Nordstrom, Uppsala, Sweden
120 Anna Hillerberg, Stockholm, Sweden
121 Annika Jegbert, Stockholm, Sweden
122 Christer Jegbert, Stockholm, Sweden
123 Anna-Carin Collin, Taby, Sweden
124 Nadja von Kantzow, Stockholm, Sweden
125 Johan von kantzow, Stockholm, Sweden
126 Calle Rosengren, stockholm, sweden
127 Daniel Achilles, Stockholm, Sweden
128 Cecilia Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
129 Henrik Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
130 Pontus Holmgren, Stockholm, Sweden
131 J.B. Russell, Paris, France
132 S.D. Smith, Virginia, United States
135 January Harris, Virginia, United States
136 Tarki L. - Crook, Virginia, United States
137 Marcia L. Rutledge, Syracuse, NY, USA
138 Justin A. Cohen, Syracuse, NY, US
139 Stephen C. Shriber, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
140 Laura I.Shriber, Den Haag, The Netherlands
141 Rutje V. Gorissen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
142 Floris Mansvelt Beck
143 Herbert A. Hauer
144 A. Onno J. Verkuyl, Amsterdam The Netherlands
145 Femke van der Horst - Amsterdam, netherlands
146 R. van der Horst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
147 R. Frankfort, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
148 J. van Donselaar, Leusden, The Netherlands
149 W.T.H.M.Halewijn, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
150 A.F.P. van den Donk, The Netherlands
151 Kai Schneider, Denmark.
152 Thomas Jensen, Denmark
153 Peter Juul Noer, Denmark
154 Ken Nygaard Jensen, Denmark
155 Magnus Wiberg, Sweden
156 Alex Belknap, USA
157 Bonnie North, USA
158 Baraka Lawrence USA
159 Peggy Atwood, USA
160 Susan Epstein, USA
161 Kristine Flones, Bearsville, NY USA
162 Philip Perlman, Kerhonkson, NY USA
163 Zara Shulman, Fukui, Japan
164 Emily Kodama, Fukui, Japan
165 Beth Reid, Boston, USA
166 Lisa Petras, Boston, USA
167 Carrie A. Flemming, Berkeley, USA
168 Steve Keightley, Oakland CA, USA
169 Abigail Lewis, San Francisco, CA USA
170 Reverend Bill Blitz, San Francisco Ca USA
177 Monica Senter, San Francisco, Ca
178 Spoonbender, Sanfrancisco, Ca
179 Tena Moore, San Francisco, CA
180 War Dragon, Wayne, WV
181 Love Light, Wayne, WV
182 Amber Pompeo, FL
183 Lisette Titre, Fl
184 Deborah Titre, FL, USA
185 Erin Wiswall, NH, USA
186 Alyssa Wonkka NH, USA
187 Hege Ravdal, KY, USA
188 Maria Cattell, Va, USA
189 Kevin Ernst, CA, USA
190 Jane Anderson, CA, USA
191 Wendy MacLeod, Los Gatos, CA, USA
192 Christian Iversen, Copenhagen, Denmark
193 Karen Leth Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
194 Anders Holtegaard, Copenhagen Denmark
195 Mikkel Drucker, Copenhagen, DK
196 Ole van Hauen-Drucker, 24948 Mijas Costa, La Cala, Malaga, Spain
197 Suzette van Hauen-Drucker, La Cala, 29648 Mijas Costa, Malaga, Spain
198 Jane Elizabeth Gould, Marbella, Spain
199 Bridget Gregory, UK
200 Barney Cue, UK
201 David Wilson, Jakarta, INDONESIA
202 Chris Little, Louisiana, USA
203 Jon Campbell, Louisiana, USA
204 Chris Pereira, LongBeach, USA
205 Suzanne Nezin - Lake Forest, USA
206 Andrea Ramey-Manhattan Beach, CA USA
207 Marilyn Mercer - Palm Desert, CA USA
208 Christine Bjerke-Santa Monica, CA USA
209 Pamela Lillig James - Burbank, CA, USA
210 Keli M. Rogers, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
211 Kevin R. Davis, Los Angeles, CA USA
212 James E. Swanson, Los Angeles, Ca USA
213 Alexandra Young, Beverly Hills, CA USA
214 Rebecca K. Young, Valdosta, GA USA
215 Kimberly L. Novak, Yokohama, Japan
216 Kathleen Pope Bingaman, Lilburn, USA
217 Meg S, Atlanta, GA, USA
218 Eva Bozeman, Atlanta, GA, USA
219 Debbie Pellett, Lewes,Sx., UK
220 Madeleine Pellett, Lewes, Sx, UK
221 Chris Stanley, Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK
222 Jules Cadie, Burntwood, Staffs, UK
223 Kully Thiarai, Bradford UK
224 David Brown, Bradford UK
225 Sally Abbott, Manchester UK
226 Michael Burns, Manchester UK
227 George Ormond, London, UK
228 Steven Dykes, London, UK
229 Louisa Ashley, Leeds UK
230 Clare Duffy, Leeds, UK
231 Anna Dunwoodie, Edinburgh, UK
232 Daniel Sansome, Madrid, Espana
233 Rebecca Plunkett, Edinburgh, Scotland
234 Zoe Kemp, Argyll, Scotland
235 Graeme Franklyn, Edinburgh, Scotland
236 James Lambie, Masterton, New Zealand
237 Steve Veix, Masterton, New Zealand
238 Kylie Jensen, Palmerston North, New Zealand
239 Abigail Allan, Palmerston North, New Zealand
240 Anna Brooking, Palmerston North, New Zealand
241 Caragh Briggs, Palmerston North, NZ
242 Carol Smith, Bay of Islands, NZ
243 Steven McKenzie, Waitakere, New Zealand
244 Dayne Maxwell, NZ
245 Bronwyn Buckle, Reno, NV
246 Coral Foster, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
247 Sarah Gibbs, Northcote, New Zealand
248 Eugenie Sage, Christchurch, New Zealand
250 Bob Leonard, Christchurch, New Zealand
251 Brian Eno, London, Britain
252 Cally, East Anglia, UK, (with beautiful trees)
253 Matt Johnson, New York, USA
254 James Eller,UK
255 gretch eller, uk
256 Mike Lipscombe, Malibu, Los Angeles, USA
257 STEVE CHIVERS, LONDON, ENGLAND.
258 Sophie muller, London, England.
259 Daniel Kleinman, London, England.
260 Jonquil Cargill
261 Marianne Majerus, London, England
262 John Glover, Surrey, England
263 Hugh Palmer, Oxfordshire, England
264 Nelson Cornish, Cambridgeshire, England
265 Rosie Wenham,, Suffolk, England
266 Pat Scott, Cambridge, England
267 Lis Box, Cairo, Egypt
268 Martin Roche, Cairo, Egypt
269 Bjorn Guterstam, Trosa, Sweden
270 Bjorn Kjellstrom, Lulea, Sweden
271 Mohammad Golriz, Umea, Sweden
272 Haakan Joelson, Umeaa, Sweden
273 Ruth Wieting, Umeaa, Sweden
274 Freda Kimmey, Center, Texas, USA
275 Sharon Lynch Huntsville, TX
276 Mary Fitzgerald, Katy, Texas, USA
277 Sabinen Strehlke, Heidelberg, Germany
278 Sonja Sackmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
279 Klaus Galler, Kirchberg, Switzerland
280 Felix K"gi, Uerikon, Switzerland
281 Mona K"gi-Causemann, Uerikon, Switzerland
282 Margrit Geigenfeind-Widmer, Riehen, Switzerland
283 Ila Geigenfeind, Riehen, Switzerland
284 Devi Geigenfeind, Riehen, Switzerland
285 Isha Geigenfeind, Riehen, Switzerland
286 Nina Sahdeva, Basel, Switzerland
287 Joao Ndotoni, Basel, Switzerland
288 Bindu Sahdeva, Basel, Switzerland
289 Laura Ndotoni, Basel, Switzerland
290 Maurice Ndotoni, Basel, Switzerland
291 Susan Shaw, Zurich, Switzerland
292 Christian Bilke, Bonn, Germany
293 Marcus Kr"mer, Bonn, Germany
294 Sonja Hennig, Bonn, Germany
295 Barbara Tonn, Bonn, Germany
296 Martin Meseth, Dieburg, Germany
297 Christina Schonk, Frankfurt, Germany
298 Christina Lehmann, Karben, Germany
299 Valeska Schulz, Bad Vilbel, Germany
300 Konrad Schulz, Bad Vilbel, Germany
301 Manuel Ossa, Santiago, Chile
302 Patricio VÈjar, Santiago, Chile
303 Claudio Escobar C·ceres, Santiago, Chile
304 Tatiana Renom ZTniga, Santiago - Chile
305 isabel kaffman pinto, stgo chile
306 JoaquÌn Kaffman - Stgo; Chile
307 Omar Carrasco-Valle Oriente, Stgo, Chile
308 Alfredo Molina
309 Eduardo Medina, Sweden
310 Irja Holtter, V"steras Sweden
311 jan-erik holtter, stockholm sweden
312 Roger Hansson.Malm- Sweden
313 Michael Fahlman, Lund, Sweden
314 Mark and Lois Frye, San Antonio, Texas
315 Elisabet Strindberg, Visby, Sweden
316 Gunnar Sedvallson, Uppsala, Sweden
317 Hasse Berglund, Stockholm, Sweden
318 Bo Ljungberg, Nyk-ping, Sweden
319 G-ran Bardun, Tyres-, Sweden
320 Ola Ahlander, Haninge, Sweden
321 Nina Fors, Haninge, Sweden
322 Lars Fors, Haninge, Sweden
323 Malin Fors, Haninge, Sweden
324 Emil Fors, Haninge, Sweden
325 Mogens Juhl, Hvidovre, Denmark
326 Francisco Casado Pasamontes, Espana
327 Bellemans Marc, Hove, Belgium
328 Kourkouliotis Kyriakos, Benin
329 CESPA, Bamako, MALI
330 Sheila van Zyl, Cape Town, South Africa
331 Anne Rogers, Lakeside, Cape Town, South Africa
332 Carina Rubin, Cape Town, South Africa
333 Neil Hermann , Cape Town. South Africa
334 Chris Worrall.Hout Bay. Cape Town.
335 Jaryd Hermann,Kenilworths.Cape Town.South Africa.
336 Lesley Rochat,Fish Hoek. Cape Town South Africa.
337 Justin K"hler-O'Shea, Berlin. Germany
338 Hilda Phillips, hong kong
339 Hendrik Smal Liebenberg, Flensburg. Germany
340 David Mendes, Cape Town, South Africa
341 Lisa Mendes, Cape town, South Africa
342 Alexandra Navarro,London UK
343 Christian Navarro, La Paz Bolivia
344 Nicola Dwyer, South Africa
345 Stephen Feldman, Argentina
346 Devlin Fenton, Bournemouth, UK
347 Robbie Branch, Surrey, UK
348 Lucy Evans, London, UK
349 Justin Hevey, Dublin, Ireland
350 Allison Chaplin, London, UK
351 Benjamin Herrald, Australia
352 sharon kredo , Israel.
353 Ronny Amit, Israel 354- Daphna Grossman, Israel
355 Gili Dyn, Israel
356 Roy Emanuel, Israel
357 Tomer Shaked, Israel
358 yaarit yaakobovich, haifa, israel
359 Lorraine Blake, Watford, UK
360 Deborah Morrison, Fermanagh, Ireland
361 Colm McCann, Belfast Ireland
362 Jenny Campbell, Ballycastle, N. Ireland
363 Henry Shaw
364 John Moore, Winford Bristol UK
365 Alice Coleman, Winford Bristol UK
366 John Drewett, Carlton, Leyburn UK
367 Nick Whelan, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England
368 Kenny Allen, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
369 John Coney, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
370 Olivia Kerrigan, Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
371 Liz Wallace, Newcastle, Co Down, Northern Ireland
372 Clare White, Warwickshire, UK
373 Clare Rawcliffe, Sunderland, UK
374 John Allom, South Shields, UK
375 Dennis Frazer, South Tyneside, UK
376 Michael Mann, Co. Durham, UK
377 Rick Green, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK
378 Chris Millican, National Botanic Garden of Wales, UK
379 Janet Moseley, National Botanic Garden of Wales, UK
380 Clare Moseley, Oxford, UK
381 Louise Jones, Witney, Oxford, UK
382 Miguel A. Kavlin. La Paz, Bolivia
383 Alii M. Bek, Sedona, AZ, USA
384 Sue W. DiCara, El Paso, TX USA
385 Barbara Mader, Alto , NM
386 DaEl Walker, Sunol, CA
387 Eleanor Christensen, Buhl ,MN
388 Jerry Christensen, Buhl,MN.
389 Patty Hartmann, Woodbury, MN
390 Jackie Counts, Black Earth, WI
391 Mary L. Cooper, Middleton, WI
392 Ruth Hellenbrand Middleton, WI
393 Julie Taylor, Sauk City, WI, USA
394 Travis Taylor, Madison, WI, USA
395 Beth Rambow, Madison, WI, USA
396 Sara Lorenz, WI, USA
397 Banu Tinjum, WI, USA
398 Ayda Anlagan, Ankara, TURKEY
399 M.Firat Ant,TURKEY
400 Umut Gumusbas, TURKEY
401 Leyla Önal, Ankara, Turkey
402 J.Snell, Helsinki , Finland
403 Claudia Flores, Santiago, Chile
 
sorry for posting that here but i don't have your emails and i consider this to be important enough to get as much help as possible :cry:
 
Maybe the email that astarte posted is fake but it reminded me that the amazonianjungle is being destroyed at an incredibly fast pace, an this is so very true.
 
how was i supposed to know :rolleyes:

still knowing that i think it's worth the try, the destruction of the native forest isn't an urban legend and even if i had known it i still would have forwarded the email, as Thanatos and Fjelltussa said, it shows that people are concerned and that can encourage some to take actions, be more aware and educate more people to stop killing and destroying the earth.
 
Hmmm, it might have been a fake news, but the content is still true... well, I don't think that collecting names on a list will help doing much about it, but one should do all one is capable to do :)

Good call tho, astarte :)
 
Yes, I meant that only the Brazilian congress act story was false. The rainforest news is still true. Sadly, online petitions do not make much difference in issues. Signatures can be easily forged by writing in false names.

Still, it was good to have posted since it shows that you care. :)