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Ranching accelerates Amazon deforestation.(Environmental Intelligence)(Brief Article)
Publication: World Watch Publication Date: 01-JUL-04 Author: Prugh, Tom
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Rising international demand for Brazilian beef is encouraging high rates of Amazon deforestation, according to the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), an Indonesia-based NGO. The area lost in 2002-2003 is expected to exceed 25,000 square kilometers, a plot the size of Uruguay.
Most of this land becomes pasture;...
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