The content originally appeared on: CNN (CNN)Government documents show that the head of Brazil's environmental agency overrode previous expert recommendations from his own organization, when he approved the construction of a controversial highway through the Amazon rainforest last week. Last week, Eduardo Bim, president of environmental agency IBAMA, authorized Brazil's federal government to begin repaving highway BR-319 between the cities of Manaus, in Amazonas state, and Porto Velho, in neighboring Rondonia, a route which cuts through the most pristine area […]
