Join Local Peoples in Resisting Paraguay's Devastation by Genetically Modified Soya Monocultures

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	Join Local Peoples in Resisting Paraguay's Devastation by Genetically Modified Soya Monocultures

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a68f5d0a-4371-42a4-9059-5fc546710961/5EFFE070-4D22-4D05-9077-C994BD84F8BA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=paraguay_soya" href="http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=paraguay_soya" style="font-size: 11px;">forests.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=paraguay_soya"><H1>
            Action Alert: Join Local Peoples in Resisting Paraguay's Devastation by Genetically Modified Soya Monocultures </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=paraguay_soya"><H3>
            Deforestation, eviction, drought and murder are too high of price to pay for toxic soybeans -- and Paraguay's new government knows better and must stop the destruction</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=paraguay_soya"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/forests.org/img/7F0B537F-D848-4394-810D-BB22B8BFAD9A" alt="Paraguay's GM Soya is toxic, causes deforestation and destroys local communities" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=paraguay_soya"><B>Caption:</B> <EM>
                    Throughout Paraguay and South America, ancient forests and peoples are being devastated by industrial soya monocultures</EM> <A href="http://forests.org/shared/search/welcome.aspx?searchtext=Paraguay%20soya" id="lnkCaption">(link)</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=paraguay_soya"><P>In  Paraguay, genetically modified (GM) soya plantations, planted in vast toxic  monocultures, are the main cause of deforestation, destruction and  pollution of other ecosystems, and violence and eviction of small farmers and  indigenous peoples. Paraguay has nearly 2.6 million hectares of soy plantations  for animal feed exports and, more recently, for agrofuel.  Local peoples are resisting ecocide bravely, and against long odds, and need  our support.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=paraguay_soya">Hunger and  malnutrition are increasing in Paraguay as less land is available to farmers  for growing food.  </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5EFFE070-4D22-4D05-9077-C994BD84F8BA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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