Having taken this step, we should expect that Brazil's government not renege on its repeated commitments to forest protection, in the context of the publicly funded G7 Pilot Program for Protection of Brazilian Tropical Forest as well as other international forums. The Brazilian government recently agreed to gravely weaken its forest protection laws in a proposed reform of the Forestry Code, in a secret negotiation with large ranchers. Please inform your counterparts in the Brazilian government that the American people favors openness and transparency in decisions that affect the public interest and supports forest protection, as do most Brazilians. Please urge your counterparts to withdraw proposed changes to the Forestry Code until an informed public discussion of the issues can be held. Thank you for your attention to this.
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