Mayor and governor of Sao Paulo join fight for the Amazon
The state of Sao Paulo is the major industrial powerhouse of the Brazilian economy and has about one-fifth of the country's population. The city of the same name, is not only the largest city in Brazil, it's the most populous in the Southern Hemisphere.
So it was a big deal today when both the governor and the mayor (respectively) joined our call for zero Amazon deforestation within seven years.
[ Photo: Governor José Serra paints the outline of a tree trunk on the floor of our truck. ]
Today's ceremony took place on a truck that was going carry the charred remains of the tree that we took from land that had been illegally cleared and burnt and intented to tour around in Brazil. The idea is to bring the reality of the Amazon to the people using the wood.
Great to see such political heavy weights these two taking a stand for the Amazon. Sao Paulo state is the largest Brazilian consumer of Amazon timber - so the policies these guys are enforcing have a direct impact. Today the governor announced that more than 300 tons of illegal Amazon timber has already been sized.
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Hi Andrew and all...,
...and thanks for this. It's kind of hard to imagine living in the US, to find political figures with their hearts and focus where it should be. No doubt help from you all there...
It's strange, I just received an email today from a friend that lives in Sao Paulo. Her name is Ligia, and she also is into many environmental issues. The article she sent me today though, wasn't about deforestation, but a rather strange and cruel form of art, ...a dog that was put on display, chained to the wall and starved to death, ...for art. There's a video and petition going around to try to put a stop to it, and I'm running the links as my phrase of the day. It's just a thought if you'd like to sign it, ...sorry it's in Spanish - video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3885100191038056247&q=Guillermo+Habacuc+Vargas&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
and the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/petition.html
Sorry to be a tad off subject, but there just seems something so wrong with the death of an innocent creature, ...for entertainment. Take good care, ...GC
Posted by: Grateful Child | October 27, 2007 12:46 AM