According to the text, which of the following is Not true?
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Brazil turns to drones to protect Amazon
By Joe Leahy in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso. April 21,2014.
Brazilian municipalities are turning to drones as they prepare to implement a tough new law designed to save the Amazon from total deforestation.
Municipal authorities in the Amazon region, ...........1 ............. of which covers double the size of Scotland, are looking to use drones to map properties and monitor whether farmers and others are maintaining the minimum of forest cover required under the new forest code.
“With the acquisition of a drone, we would have a better result, we would have a panoramic view of how this process of recuperation is progressing," said Gercilene Meira, a specialist with the state environmental secretariat in the municipality of Alta Floresta, in Mato Grosso state. “We have done some tests using balloons but it was not sufficient."
Passed in 2012, Brazil's forest code was hailed as a breakthrough in the country's efforts to protect the Amazon while maintaining its emergence as an agricultural power. It is already one of ...........2 ............. exporters of sugar, coffee, soya beans and beef.
The law requires farmers in the Amazon to preserve up to 80 per cent of the forest on their land as well as protect springs and rivers. Those who violated previous restrictions on deforestation are required
to recuperate parts of the lost vegetation on their lands.
The need for the new law was highlighted last year, when deforestation of the Amazon increased for the first time in several years.
Adapted from Financial Times
Brazil turns to drones to protect Amazon
By Joe Leahy in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso. April 21,2014.
Brazilian municipalities are turning to drones as they prepare to implement a tough new law designed to save the Amazon from total deforestation.
Municipal authorities in the Amazon region, ...........1 ............. of which covers double the size of Scotland, are looking to use drones to map properties and monitor whether farmers and others are maintaining the minimum of forest cover required under the new forest code.
“With the acquisition of a drone, we would have a better result, we would have a panoramic view of how this process of recuperation is progressing," said Gercilene Meira, a specialist with the state environmental secretariat in the municipality of Alta Floresta, in Mato Grosso state. “We have done some tests using balloons but it was not sufficient."
Passed in 2012, Brazil's forest code was hailed as a breakthrough in the country's efforts to protect the Amazon while maintaining its emergence as an agricultural power. It is already one of ...........2 ............. exporters of sugar, coffee, soya beans and beef.
The law requires farmers in the Amazon to preserve up to 80 per cent of the forest on their land as well as protect springs and rivers. Those who violated previous restrictions on deforestation are required
to recuperate parts of the lost vegetation on their lands.
The need for the new law was highlighted last year, when deforestation of the Amazon increased for the first time in several years.
Adapted from Financial Times
Gabarito comentado
Resposta correta: C
Tema central: interpretação de texto — identificar informação explicitamente afirmada no texto e detectar a alternativa que contraria essa informação. É fundamental distinguir entre o que o texto diz (explícito) e inferências improcedentes.
Resumo teórico: Em questões de reading comprehension, priorize o conteúdo literal: busque no texto palavras-chave que confirmem ou neguem cada alternativa. Atenção a expressões como “hailed as a breakthrough” (a lei foi saudada como um avanço) — indicam avaliação positiva, logo qualquer alternativa que afirme o oposto é incorreta. Fonte legal citada no contexto: Lei nº 12.651/2012 (Código Florestal).
Justificativa da alternativa correta (C): A alternativa C afirma que “o código florestal foi saudado como um passo atrás”. Isso contradiz explicitamente o texto, que diz que o código “was hailed as a breakthrough” — ou seja, foi considerado um avanço (passo à frente). Portanto C é a única afirmação incorreta segundo o texto, sendo a resposta pedida.
Análise das demais alternativas:
A — Verdadeira: o texto refere-se ao uso de drones (UAVs) para monitorar áreas da Amazônia contra desmatamento — está explícito.
B — Verdadeira: o propósito descrito é mapear propriedades e verificar se agricultores mantêm a cobertura florestal mínima exigida — corresponde ao texto.
D — Verdadeira no contexto do texto: afirma que o país é um dos principais/exportadores de açúcar, café, soja e carne; a alternativa generaliza como “leading exporter”, que condiz com a ideia apresentada no texto de ser um grande exportador.
E — Verdadeira: o texto informa que a lei exige que produtores na Amazônia preservem até 80% da floresta e protejam nascentes e rios — confere exatamente com a alternativa.
Estratégia prática: ao estudar, sublinhe (mentalmente) frases que expressam juízo (e.g., “hailed as…”) e relacione palavra por palavra com as alternativas — isso evita cair em pegadinhas que invertem sentido.
Adaptado do Financial Times; legislação referida: Lei nº 12.651/2012 (Código Florestal).
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