Farmers, ranchers, lumber merchants and regional governors welcomed the Charter which would lead to huge savings in the current export . It would also bring hydra energy from Venezuela to Manaus, provide an export route for southern soya bean plantations and open up the Amazonas state to logging. But environmental campaigners are concerned that such developments could repeat the ecological and social damage of previous road schemes if they are not carried out with great care. He's been offering incentives to loggers from other states to come to Amazonas, attracting mineral companies and aiming at a massive export industry from Manaus. Greenpeace Brazil also points out that the proposed development policy for the region is not compatible with the Biodiversity Convention once it is signed by the Brazilian Government and sits oddly with the Government's i pilot programme to preserve tropical forests.
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President Cardoso, in justifying the coast coast highway, said that his aim was to balance economic and technological development with respect for the environment. This would involve relocating Indians to 50 reservations, which it appears that Germany has offered to finance. Where the funds needed to build these highways will come from remains unclear. The challenge is to reach many more of the very poor and to reach deeper to the poorest society. The announcement of the new plan i comes when the World Bank is seeking a replenishment of funds for its 'softloan' arm, the International Development Association.