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	The tribe that stood their ground

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2-15-2009 7:06 AM

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amazon, indians, tribe, food, cattle, carbon emissions, canoe, beef, soya

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2-15-2009 8:22 AM

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And with the food shortages due to climate change, the pressure will be on foodbowls. So we helped climate change by cutting down forests and burning them and now we have to keep cutting down trees due to the droughts elsewhere. No need for guesses where this will lead the human race.

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