Derek McMillan Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 This is the text (omitting the name list) of a petition which I received from a friend. It prompted me to inquire. *How many of these petitions are genuine? I have heard tell of many hoax ones. * Are there more effective ways of putting pressure on using the internet. (I am not suggesting virus attacks or hacking!) Derek McMillan This is an online petition to the Braziliangovernment, asking them to review a recent decision concerning their rainforests: Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that will reduce the Amazon forest to 50% of its size. It will take 1 MINUTE to read this, but PLEASE put your names on the list and forward this on as instructed below. The area to be deforested is 4 times the size of Portugal and would be mainly used for agriculture and pastures for livestock. All the wood is to be sold to international markets in the form of wood chips, by large 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 kilometres deforested with the same purpose are abandoned and in the process of becoming deserts, meaning that this proposal is in the short-term interests of a few, and in the long term interests of none. Please paste and copy the text into a 'new e-mail' put your complete name in the list below, and send to everyone you know. (DON'T JUST FORWARD IT AS IT WILL THEN END UP WITH ROWS AND ROWS of '>'s) If you are the 600th person to sign please send a copy to: fsaviolo@openlink.com.br Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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