American Investigator Television found that only 12.5 percent of the original Amazon has been deforested, leaving 87.5 percent intact. They are quite simply wrong. Keep in mind, Moore was in the vanguard of Greenpeace's early direct-action campaigns, sailing into nuclear test grounds to the United States and France to stop testing in the atmosphere. Now, because of scientific evidence, he's convinced the Amazon is not endangered by logging and burning. Furthermore, many of those who have actually spent time in the Amazon realize there is a severe price to pay by local people restricted from certain activities on their own land.
Brazil is a country rich in natural resources.
Nevertheless, good urban legends die hard. Non-scientists, like Chevy Chase and your child's schoolteacher, help to spread this one. Because there is a political agenda behind the disinformation campaign. No, not necessarily. I mean we got to get up to the thing.