Mongabay: Brazil moved a step closer to approving a controversial law that would grant land title to 300,000 properties illegally established across some 600,000 square kilometers (230,000 square miles) of protected Amazon forest, reports AFP. The move may improve governance in otherwise lawless areas, but could carry a steep environmental cost without safeguards. Under the bill, which passed Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Thursday and is now headed to the Senate, a claimant could gain title for …