The Amazon forest up for sale for $50 bn?
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

RIO DE JANEIRO: A Swedish-born tycoon who acts as a deforestation adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stirred up controversy
in Brazil for reportedly claiming all the Amazon could be bought for USD 50 billion.
Johan Eliasch, the 46-year-old boss of the Head sports equipment company, is under investigation by Brazilian police and intelligence services for the
alleged comments and for 160,000 hectares of Amazon forest he is believed to have bought, the newspaper O Globo reported.
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