Is intensification helping the cattle industry go Amazon deforestation-free?

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By <a class="author-link"…Jan 14, 2016, 10:30 am72 pts
Though deforestation in Brazil has fallen sharply over the past decade, the production of beef and other cattle products continues to be a significant driver of forest destruction in the Amazon. In 2013, there were close to 60 million head of cattle in the Brazilian Amazon, nearly 200 percent more than in 1993,…

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