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	Mato Grosso do Sul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neighbouring states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná.
		Mato Grosso do Sul literally means "Southern Thick Forest", a name inherited from its northern neighbour state of Mato Grosso, of which it was part until the latter was split in the 70s.
		Mato Grosso do Sul's economy is based primarily on farm products, of which cattle-raising is probably the most important.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mato_Grosso_do_Sul (349 words)

	Mato Grosso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mato Grosso is an essentially agrarian state, with economy based on cattle-raising.
		Mato Grosso is also the state in Brazil in which the most deforestation of Brazil's portion of the Amazon Rainforest has taken place.
		The Mato Grosso state flag was abolished by Law No. 1.046 of October 8, 1929, but reinstated by article 140 of the Constitution of the State of Mato Grosso on July 11, 1947.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mato_Grosso (376 words)

	Mato Grosso do Sul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil, located in the western part of the country.
		Neighboring states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná.
		Mato Grosso do Sul depends mainly on cattle-raising.
	www.norco.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Mato_Grosso_do_Sul (256 words)

	Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mato Grosso do Sul became a state on 1 January 1979 and the very first thing they did (article 1 of decree no. 1 implementing decree-law no. 1) was to adopt a flag.
		The construction is described in the decree as "A rectangle with the proportions of 10 units of length by 7 units of height.
		Flagscan 55 indicates that Mato Grosso do Sul used two unofficial flags in the period 1977-79, before the current flag was adopted.
	www.fotw.net /Flags/br-ms.html (316 words)

	ipedia.com: Mato Grosso Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, located in the western part of the country.
		The Transpantaneira is a bare-earth highway which was originally planned to cross the Pantaanal, but built in the 1970s it was never finished and is now mostly used for touristic tours.
		In 1977 the state was split into two halfs, with Mato Grosso do Sul becoming a new state.
	www.ipedia.com /mato_grosso.html (270 words)

	Mato Grosso
		The Transpantaneira is a bare-earth highway which was originally planned to cross the Pantanal, but built in the 1970s it was never finished and is now mostly used for touristic tours.
		The Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT) is spread out all over the state with 4 campuses, 5 distance education centres, one experimental farm, one research base at the Pantanal, the University Hospital and 10 teaching advanced posts.
		It became the official flag of the state by state law 1046 of October 8, 1929, and was reinstated by article 140 of the July 11, 1947.
	transporteon.com /Destinations-M/Mato_Grosso.php (308 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Mato Grosso seasonal forests (NT0140)
		Accounts of the Mato Grosso (upper Xingu River) expedition by the Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society from 1967-69, mention that there are 46 genera of rodents including the largest of all, the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), 52 genera of bats, 3 of marsupials and 11 of edentates (Smith 1971).
		The Mato Grosso forests form a vegetative transitional zone between the lowland and submontane moist forests of the Amazon Basin and the seasonal shrublands of the cerrado.
		Observation on the vegetation of eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0140_full.html (1483 words)

	Mato Grosso (Brazil) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The blue represents the immense sky of Mato Grosso; the white peace; and the green the rich vegetation.
		1 - The special flag of the Federal State of Mato Grosso shall be blue with a white lozenge, on the center of which shall be a green globe and a yellow star with its rays touching the circumference of the sphere.
		The decree was revoked by state law 1046 of 8 October 1929 and reinstated by article 140 of the 11 July 1947 state constitution.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/br-mt.html (389 words)

	International Notes Brazilian Purpuric Fever -- Mato Grosso, Brazil
		The epidemiology of BPF in Mato Grosso was similar to previously described BPF cases in Sao Paulo and Parana (7).
		During the epidemiologic investigation of BPF in Mato Grosso, a randomized study was conducted to compare the efficacy of topical chloramphenicol with that of oral rifampin for conjunctival eradication of the BPF clone among children with BPF clone conjunctivitis.
		In Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso, some children with conjunctivitis who have been exposed to a suspected case of BPF are being treated with oral rifampin (20 mg/kg divided by ay for 4 days).
	www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001860.htm (998 words)

	Mato Grosso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Northern Mato Grosso is part of western Amazonia, while the southern portion of the state is part of the Pantanal.
		The border of Mato Grosso and Tocantins is the location of wetlands of the Ilha do Bananal.
		Mato Grosso’s land types include primary forest, agriculture, cerrado, and wetlands.
	www.lbaeco.org /cgi-bin/web/sites/region_desc.pl?region_id=20&site_id=20 (85 words)

	Brazil - Brazzil Magazine - Brazil's Mato Grosso Hindered by Poor Transportation
		The other private undertaking, which is not located in the state of Mato Grosso but serves producers in the west and northwest of the state, was constructed by a local company, the André Maggi group.
		It is important to remember that Mato Grosso is located in the midwest of Brazil, hundreds and even thousands of kilometers away from the sea in any direction.
		Despite expansion of the railway, the government of the state of Mato Grosso hopes that, by the end of the year, the federal government establish a tender for the paving of two stretches of the BR-163 highway, which are still dirt roads connecting state capital Cuiabá to Santarém, in the northern Brazilian state of Pará.
	www.brazzil.com /content/view/7075/69 (2335 words)

	Brazil - Brazzil Mag - Mato Grosso State Becomes Brazil's Main Focus of Slavery
		Mato Grosso, the largest state in the Center-West region and one of Brazil's major agricultural frontiers, leads the country in the number of workers released from slave labor.
		The problem in Mato Grosso is aggravated by the struggle over land and the number of one-crop landed estates that recruit labor from other states.
		That is why the Land Pastoral Commission (CPT), coordinated by the Catholic Church, considers Mato Grosso to be the state with the greatest agrarian conflict in Brazil.
	www.brazzilmag.com /content/view/5741/53 (1891 words)

	FMD outbreak in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil — FMD & CSF CA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After the presence of the disease was confirmed by laboratory tests, a total of 582 animals were sacrificed and "all the necessary measures to isolate the area were taken with efficiency and in accordance with international norms," reported Rodrigues.
		It is increasingly likely that the FMD outbreak in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul was caused by cows from neighboring Paraguay, state officials said Friday.
		Surveillance activities in the five quarantined municipalities in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul have led to the detection of 11 new FMD outbreaks in Japora (9), Eldorado (1) and Mundo Novo (1) municipalities, diagnosed on the basis of clinical and epidemiological observations.
	www.fmd-and-csf-action.org /news-archive/brasil105 (8100 words)

	eBay - mato grosso, CDs, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Mato Grosso Horror by Joseph Rosenberger (1975)
		1961 Chavante: Expedition to the Tribes of Mato Grosso
		Mato Grosso, Last Virgin Land: An Account of the Mato..
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=mato+grosso&newu=1&krd=1 (347 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| Kendall and Neila Furlong were married in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil on March 2, in 1966. ...
		Kendall and Neila Furlong were married in Cuiabá;, Mato Grosso, Brazil on March 2, in 1966.
		You are visitor number Kendall and Neila were married in Cuiabá;, Mato Grosso, Brazil on March 2, in 1966.
		I was also a Mato Grosso volunteer, married in 1965 to fellow volunteer Nancy Hackett (nee Ford), son Sergio born in Rio May 6, 1966.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2462.html (441 words)

	ISS EarthKAM: Bookmark Images: Mato Grosso — Brazil, South America
		This picture is from Mato Grosso, a state in western Brazil.
		“Mato grosso” means “thick forest” in Portuguese, and the plateau is indeed covered with tropical savannas and rain forests.
		Farmers in Mato Grosso grow beans, rice, and other staples; as well as cash crops such as sugarcane, tobacco, and rubber.
	earthkam.ucsd.edu /public/images/bookmarks/ISS005.ESC1.320131406.shtml (330 words)

	BNDES finances transmission line for Mato Grosso
		BNDES funds correspond to 66.1% of the total project value, which comprises the construction of Cuiabá substation, expansion of Coxipó and Rondonópolis substations and implementation of the transmission line in two distances, between Coxipó and Cuiabá, with 17 km extension, and between Cuiabá and Rondonópolis, with 171 km.
		Until 2002, Mato Grosso used to import electric energy from other states, a situation reverted with the implementation, between 2001 and 2003, of Manso, Itiquira I and II, Jauru and Guaporé hydroelectric plants and Cuiabá thermoelectric plant.
		However, limitations to the Mato Grosso transmission system would not allow this surplus to be exported to other regions, mainly to the Southeast region's large consumer centers.
	tdworld.com /news/BNDES-finances-Mato-Grosso (249 words)

	Mato Grosso
		Driven by the dynamic force of Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) and Sergio Dias (Flora Purim/Airto Moreira), Mato Grosso charts a course of inspiration from the rainforests of Brazil to the urban contemporary scene.
		In Mato Grosso, masterful guitar and keyboard tracks by Manzanera and Dias are laid on top of the massive percussive thrust that propels this recording.
		Serving as a metaphor for the conflict between development and tradition, Mato Grosso is a compelling reflection of issues especially pertinent to the future of the rainforest which inspired this recording.
	www.blacksun.com /releases/15010.htm (417 words)

	In Brazil, 4 Birding Tours in the Mato Grosso
		From the vast marshes of the Pantanal to the scenic and spectacular cerrado country of the Chapada dos Guimarães, to the amazingly rich Amazonian rainforest at Alta Floresta, in Mato Grosso you can find what you are looking for in Brazil.
		CHAPADA DOS GUIMARÃES The Pantanal of Mato Grosso is a vast grassy lowland at the heart of South America.
		North of Mato Grosso State in southern Amazonia lies the region of Alta Floresta, an example of pristine Terra Firme forest.
	www.earthfoot.org /places/br006.htm (490 words)

	Mato Grosso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Instituted officially by decree n¡ 2, of January 31St, 1890, of the State Government, the Flag of Mato Grosso with the denomination of the Private Flag of the Federal State of Mato Grosso.
		It is made up of a blue rectangle, with a white lozenge inscribed, and inside this, a yellow star in a green disc.
		The blue represents the immense sky of Mato Grosso, the white, peace; the green, the rich vegetation of the State; and the yellow, the gold that caused the pioneers great fascination.
	www.vivabrazil.com /matogrosso.htm (153 words)

	SSRN-Measuring the Initial Impacts on Deforestation of Mato Grosso's Program for Environmental Control by Kenneth ...
		In 1999, the State Foundation of the Environment (FEMA) in Mato Grosso introduced an innovative licensing and enforcement system to increase compliance with land use regulations.
		The study does not assess Mato Grosso's new system for environmental regulation (SLAPR) impacts following the change of state administration in 2003.
		Chomitz, Kenneth M. and Wertz, Sheila, "Measuring the Initial Impacts on Deforestation of Mato Grosso's Program for Environmental Control" (October 2005).
	papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=844884 (551 words)

	Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil current local time from WorldTimeServer.com
		Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil current local time from WorldTimeServer.com
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		The current time in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil is
	www.worldtimeserver.com /time.asp?locationid=BR-MS (301 words)

	Folkways
		In the present century this obscure Brazilian wilderness, situated almost in the geographical center of the South American continent, gained worldwide interest with the disappearance of Colonel Fawcet and his party in 1926.
		Even today, though it may be reached by plane from Rio de Janeiro in less than a day, Mato Grosso is only just beginning to become known to the civilized world.
		The Upper Xingú River, which is the area of Mato Grosso with which this album is mainly concerned, was first explored by Karl von den Steinen as recently as 1884, and the Chavante Indians were only just peacefully contacted by white men in 1946...”
	www.folkways.si.edu /search/AlbumDetails.aspx?ID=859 (308 words)

	Mato Grosso do Sul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Using his attributions, the Governor of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul instituted the Flag of the State on January 1 St. 1979.
		The Flag, created by Mauro Miguel Munhoz, has been described by its author as follows: "Our symbol is the equilibrium, the fortitude and the serenity.
		Copyright notice: Please note that most material on this site is copyrighted, if pieces and bits of this site is found in other locations without proper authorization there are happy lawyers that would be glad to contact you.
	www.vivabrazil.com /matogrossodosul.htm (228 words)

	Mato Grosso
		Tapajós - Tapajós, river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, formed at the border of Mato Grosso, Pará;,...
		Guaporé - Guaporé, river, c.750 mi (1,207 km) long, rising in the mountains of Mato Grosso state, W...
		Xingu - Xingu, river, 1,230 mi (1,979 km) long, rising in central Mato Grosso state, Brazil, and winding...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0832216.html (109 words)

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