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This September 15, 2009 file photo shows a deforested area near Novo Progresso in Brazil's northern state of Para. Brazilian President Michel Temer vetoed legislation that would have reduced the size of the country’s protected environmental reserves, most of them in the Amazon. Temer tweeted the news of his vetoes on Monday, June 19, 2017, in exchanges with supermodel Gisele Bundchen after she implored him to “protect mother earth” and veto the bills, which would have converted 1.4 million acres of protected land into areas open to logging, mining and farming. But the apparent win for environmental groups may be short-lived. (Photo by Andre Penner/AP Photo)
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