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Published online 12 March 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/452134a

Brazil goes to war against logging

It represents half of the world's rainforest and is home to one-third of Earth's species, yet the Amazon has one of the highest rates of deforestation. Jeff Tollefson looks at efforts to curb the problem.

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