Lula to pave highway through untouched part of Brazilian Amazon
by editors@theworld.org (Hannah Chanatry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#75Z9Q)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the government will invest $75 million to pave and improve a highway running through a largely untouched section of the Amazon. That's fueling concerns about landgrabs leading to deforestation. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Philip Fearnside, a scientist at the National Institute for Research in Amazonia, about the concerns.