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Top Brazil official says no halt to Amazon protections

by Associated Press
| August 29, 2020 10:03 AM

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s environment ministry said it will continue operations to curb deforestation and fires in the Amazon and other regions, reversing an earlier announcement that it would halt such operations starting Monday.

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