Monday, September 5, 2011

62% of deforested Amazon land ends up as cattle pasture - Mongabay.com

Category: Slave Labor
Date: 2011-09-04 19:34:42
URL: http://bit.ly/oWn3V4

Mongabay.com 62% of deforested Amazon land ends up as cattle pasture Mongabay.com 447000 square kilometers of the area is used for cattle ranching, with an average density of 1.6 head of cattle per hectare, while 35000 square kilometers (less than 5 percent) was occupied by industrial agriculture like soy. ... and more »

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