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Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc fixes his glasses next to illegal coal furnaces during a raid operation aimed at protecting the cerrado (savannah) in Niquelandia, 200 km (124 miles) from Brasilia, September 11, 2009. The government placed new restrictions on agriculture in its vast central savannah region, where figures show farming and settlements destroyed a 120,000 square km (46,300 sq mile) area in the past six years, Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc said. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc fixes his glasses next to illegal coal furnaces during a raid operation aimed at protecting the cerrado (savannah) in Niquelandia, 200 km (124 miles) from Brasilia, September 11, 2009. The government placed new restrictions on agriculture in its vast central savannah region, where figures show farming and settlements destroyed a 120,000 square km (46,300 sq mile) area in the past six years, Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc said.

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