Sometimes I wish that I didn't give a damm about climate change, the environment, and species survival; I would sleep better if that were the case! As more and more plant and animal species head for extinction I have`already started to mourn them....your article did nothing to bolster my spirits but it did enlighten me.Guess I'll be calling the Brazilian Embassy in the morning to voice my objections; of course i'll feel like a hippocrite since right here in our country the Bush administration has declared open season on our national parks and forests....