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A Critical Conversation on Climate Change ... - Green Choices

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offsets – the fossil ec<strong>on</strong>omy’s new arena of c<strong>on</strong>flict 313Locals: Plantar also c<strong>on</strong>tinues to destroy cerrado directly in order touse the land for plantati<strong>on</strong>s. For instance, Plantar bought cerrado landsin the Campo Alegre and Paiol communities in Minas Gerais andplanted eucalyptus <strong>on</strong> it. As late as 2000, Plantar was felling cerradoin Lagoa do Capim. In December 2002, Plantar land was also clearedat the river spring of Pindaíba. Native tree trunks can still be seenthere. Dozens of municipalities have declared a state of emergencyover water. Near Paiol de Cima, <strong>on</strong>e stream has completely dried upafter having previously flowed 11 m<strong>on</strong>ths of the year. In Felixlândia,a spring called Cabeceira do Buriti is degraded. Flows in the Buritiriver are down and herbicides have been applied without c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>Plantar eucalyptusplantati<strong>on</strong> with deadnative buriti tree inthe foreground. Theburiti is a symbol ofthe cerrado regi<strong>on</strong>whose wide riverbasins it thrives in.The tree needs a lotof water to survive,and its demise showsthat water levels havedropped.

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