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21 de setembro de 2009Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will propose a ban on new sugar-cane planting in 82 percent of the country, including the Amazon, as part of efforts to preserve forests and avoid restrictions from ethanol- importing countries.
The proposal bans sugar-cane planting in the world’s biggest rainforest and in the center-western Pantanal wetlands, the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement today.
Brazil, the world’s biggest sugar and ethanol exporter, will encourage farmers to plant cane in areas where soil and weather are more suited for the tropical plant, while not hurting the environment, the statement said. Growers will be allowed to plant sugar cane on 64 million hectares (158 million acres), more than seven times the current 8.89 million hectares of crops, the ministry said.
Under the new rules, the government will encourage cane planting in deforested lands, pastures and areas that don’t need too much irrigation, the ministry said.
