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I received this email yesterday, so I figured I would do my part and post it here....

This is important for all of us!!!

Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that will reduce the amazon
forest to 50% of its size. The area to be deforested is 4 times the size of
Portugal and would be mainly used for agriculture and pastures for live
stock... All the wood is to be sold to international markets in the form of
wood chips, by 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 this time more than
160.000 square kilometers deforested with the same purpose, are abandoned
and in the process of becoming deserts.

We cannot let this happen. Copy the text into a new email, put your
complete name in the list below, and send to everyone you know. (Don't
just forward it, because then it will end up with rows of >>>'s ) If you
are the 100th person to sign please send a copy to fsaviolo@openlink.com.br

Thank you.

"The core of leadership is vision. Vision is seeing the potential purpose
hidden in the chaos of the moment, but which could bring to birth new
possibilities for a person, a company or a nation." William van Dusen
Wishard

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good people do
nothing " Edmund Burke

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has" Margaret Mead

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Ceci est important pour nous tous ! ! !

Le congres brezilien est en train de voter un projet qui reduira la foret
amazonienne a 50% de sa dimension actuelle. La region qui doit etre
defrichee represente 4 fois la superficie du Portugal, et serait surtout
utilisee pour l'agriculture et le paturage de betail. Tout le bois doit
etre vendu a des marches internationaux, sous forme de copeaux, a des
societes multinationales- - -

La verite est que le sol de la foret amazonienne est inutilisable sans la
foret elle-meme. Il est tres acide et la region est sujette a de constantes
inondations. En ce moment, plus de 160.000km2 defriches dans le meme but,
sont abandonnes, et le processus de desertification est entame. Nous ne
pouvons pas laisser cela se produire. Copiez le texte sur un nouveau
message, placez votre nom complet dans le bas, et envoyez le a toute
personne que vous connaissez. ( Ne vous contentez pas de faire suivre
simplement, parce qu'il y aura une serie de >>> !)

Si vous etes la 100ème personne a signer, s'il vous plait, envoyez une
copie a fsaviolo@openlink.com.br

Merci

__________________________________________________ _______

01-Fernanda de Souza Saviolo - Rio de Janeiro
02-Nara Maria de Souza - Rio de Janeiro
03-Julio Cesar Fraga Viana - Rio de Janeiro
04-Monica Grotkowsky Brotto -Sao Paulo - SP
05-Mauricio Grotkowsky Brotto - S*o Paulo -SP
06-Ricardo A. Corrallo - SP 16/08/75
07-Sunny Jonathan - SP 18/10/1970
08-Leonardo Larsen Rocha - SC 23/01/1972
09-Evandro Sestrem - SC 26/06/1979
10-Marco Aur»lio Wehrmeister - Blumenau - SC
11-Angela Maria Gon¡alves - Blumenau -SC
12-Alessandra Bernardino - Blumenau - SC
13-Pedro Carstens Penfold - Rio de Janeiro
14-Annelena Porto Delgado - S*o Paulo - SP
15-Erica Couto -S*o Paulo -SP 29/09/78
16-Elaine Couto- S*o Paulo - SP
17-Tatiana de Almeida Voivodic - S*o Paulo-SP
18-Solange B Furlanetto - S*o Paulo / SP
19-Marcos de Souza Mello - S*o Paulo / SP
20-Eliane Santiago - S*o Paulo / SP
21-Francisca J. Bezerra Alves Ara*jo - S*o Paulo
22-Carlos Alberto Dantas Junior - Rio de Janeiro
23-Daniel Rodrigues da Cruz - Rio de Janeiro / RJ
24-Gabriella Gaida - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
25-CecÃlia Silva Teixeira Pinto - RJ - 03/06/75
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
30-Andr» Lobato Pinheiro - Rio de Janeiro - 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 -RJ- Rio de Janeiro
35-Isabella Jaggi - SP - S*o Paulo
36-Diana de Andrade Freitas - Rio de Janeiro
37-Karina Dourado - S*o Paulo
38-Pablo Genuncio Garcia - Rio de Janeiro
39-FabÃola 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 - 15/01/1971
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
58- Marianne Ebert-new york,NY
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 - Saryo van Lakerveld-Den Haag, Netherlands
73 - Joya Isabel van Lakerveld - Den Haag, The
74 - Mati Engwerda - Den Haag, The Netherlands
75 - Melle Broeksma - Baarn, The Netherlands
76 - Mireille Verheyen - Baarn, The Netherlands
77 - Levi Broeksma - Baarn, The Netherlands
78 - Rosa Broeksma - Baarn, The Netherlands
79 - Mark Anthierens - Brussels, Belgium
80 - Marleen De Frenne - Brussels, Belgium
81 - Paul de Groeve - Brussels, Belgium
82 - Karel Deruwe - Antwerp, Belgium
83 - Jurrit Gryseels Brussels, Belgium
84 - Bram Dumolin - Kandy, Sri Lanka (02/01/1974)
85 - Charles Dumolin - Brugge, Belgium
86- yves thienpont - oostende, belgium
87- AlternatieveGids.com - Neerpelt, Belgium
88 -Jeanne Steur-Fifis - Lelystad, Holland
89 - Hans Steur - Lelystad, Holland
90 - Sylviane Dubos - Falaise - France
91 - Marjon Beukering - Eindhoven, Holland
92- Raul Grajeda - California, USA
93 - Kimberlee Turner - Virginia, USA
94 - Richard Swinehart - North Carolina, USA
95 - Paul Wilson - Indiana, USA
96 - Judy Barath-Black - California, USA
97 - Rosalyn Chatt - California, USA
98 - Vince Golveo - California, USA
99 - Mark Fennell - Sydney, Australia

[Kraken]

Hey, everybody.
I just wanted to let you all know that this e-mail is erroneous. NOT the fact that there was legislation being voted on in Brazil about deforestation. That part is true. The problem with the e-mail is that it's late.

Through the support of global environmental agencies and other petition lists such as this one, the bill was shelved by the Brazillian congress in May. You can read more about that here:
http://forests.org/recent/2000/histvica.htm

So, this e-mail runs the risk of becoming another junk e-mail/urban legend that I think we don't need. In fact, that's the reason I started poking around about this one was that I received another such petition list that turned out to be completely false.
Let me step up on my soapbox for a moment and give you the places I check for anything which might be an urban legend:
http://www.urbanlegends.com
http://urbanlegends.about.com

There are entirely too many of these false, misleading, or misdirected e-mails going around, so check out these sites before you send something on that might just add to the glut.

Ok, I'll step back off my soapbox now.

In defense of this e-mail, the people that started it haven't come forth denouncing it, so they may in fact want it to continue and gather further support. So, judge for yourselves.

I don't want to sound pushy or like I'm talking down to you in any way. I just wanted to make you all aware of some of the resources and info that I've been looking for to debunk these false claims that seem to continually come my way.

thanks,
Rich Paul
http://www.richpaul.com
rich@richpaul.com
ICQ: 77470532
[Edited by Kraken on 06-29-2000 at 07:40 PM]

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Damn, I hate being the last email on the block

Mark