Brazil Slashed Deforestation While Boosting Agriculture, Analysis Finds

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By Yale Environment 360Jun 6, 2014, 12:40 pm44 pts
Brazil has become the world leader in reducing deforestation and, at the same time, has increased its soy and beef production, researchers report in the journal Science. The country has cut its forest loss by 70 percent since 2004, sparing more than 86,000 square kilometers of rainforests and keeping more than…

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