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...There is the remote possibility that the road will still be blocked, since everyone loses when fires get out of control. Jos? baranek, for example, is one of the owners of a wood-products company called Cemex, and BR-163 runs right by his forest subsidiary?s 11,000-hectare property. He has had to take extraordinary steps, including creation of firebreaks and programs to pick up flammable forest litter, to prevent fire from destroying the timber operation he has built up over 22 years. Cemex?s wood-processing plant has the largest payroll in Santar?m, and the company...
...much an environmentalist as a conservationist?he loathes waste of any sort?baranek gets 70% of the 1,200 cu m of wood Cemex exports monthly from lands where he has aggressively pushed replanting from the outset. His partners and employees try to encourage neighbors to reduce their vulnerability to fire. But most lack the means to take effective action even if they have the will. He wonders why the government can?t settle the landless on land that is not virgin forest. ?incra dumps people in the forest and thinks they are finished with their responsibilities,? he says...
...Nonetheless, baranek stands out as a relative skeptic in his region, where everyone else speaks of the advent of the paved road as a magic pill for economic development. While all fear fire, few make the connection with the highway, and even fewer in this part of Par? are aware that they live in a potential tinderbox...
...Nickerson of Bolt, Baranek and Newman, a Cambridge consulting firm that will also work on the project, yesterday emphasized the experimental nature of the project, but also said he is optimistic. "The literacy rate in Venezuela is quite high, relative to other Latin American countries, and is rising quickly. This is a good sign," he said...
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