de Souza speaks about handicrafts made from trees cut from virgin Amazon rain forest in Jari Managed...
Rodrigo de Souza, president of the Coopnharim artisans cooperative, speaks about handicrafts that members made from trees cut from virgin Amazon rain forest controlled by the Jari Managed Forest Project, in the world's largest private tropical forest located along the Jari River in Brazil's northeastern Amazon region, February 11, 2008. Buzzing chain saws and heavy machinery hauling logs through the jungle look at first like reckless destruction, but this forestry project is being hailed as a model for preserving the rain forest. Picture taken February 11. REUTERS/Jamil Bittar (BRAZIL)