Brazil has approved a law granting licences for wood logging in publicly owned sections of the Amazon rainforest, a move aimed at halting its destruction. Under the new law - signed by President Luiz Lula da Silva - timber companies will be given up to 40-year licences under the condition that all logging be sustainable.Independent inspections of licensed sites are to be carried out every five years.
Although some environmentalist allege this is not frequent enough, NetIndia123, reports that environmental groups and experts have hailed the new law as a milestone in the fight to preserve the Amazon.
