Deforestation In Brazil Essay

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In the article I have chosen one of the problems that had been presented is the deforestation in Brazil. This country had a problem with deforestation and had found a fix for it, but recently there had been a uptick of deforestation due to the land acquisitions by the cattle farmers and agriculture. What was important about this was the management by interest groups as well as the government officials in order to stop illegal harvesting in the rain forest as well as be able to ensure that the deforestation that is occurring will not impact the whole habitat greatly. But from the article there was also a very important mentioning that there was a very bad level of deforestation that could threat the environment. (Schiffman 2015)
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While the EIS corrects the leases, the major important point that was described in the article is the concern that the Oil and Gas companies that hold the leases are complying with the NEPA act, and are filing the EIS. With the EIS, the BLM can alter if needed the different terms and conditions of the leases held by the energy companies in order to ensure there are no large impacts to the environment. In this article there were also important organizations that worked alongside the government in order to ensure that the harvesting and the impact to the wildlife and valuable resources are not large and intrusive as well as keeping within the NEPA. (Snow 2014) The BLM also held a 30 day comment open house to get the public reaction to these companies’ leases as well as the EIS being conducted. I think in this instance of the NEPA and the use of the EIS in order to ensure that the current leases are not affecting the environment and the water streams, is effective land management as a start in order to limit the impact of natural resource

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