Allan Thornton is president of the Environmental Investigation Agency, a Washington-based nonprofit that documents illegal logging activities worldwide.
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Faith and community organizations have initiated a broad range ofactivities including logging over 1, 500, 000 miles walked and working to provide healthy food to their congregations.
Under the deal, supermarkets have promised to reject meat from areas of the Amazon where illegal activities take place, such as illegal logging and invasion of public land, Mr Avelino said.