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Cattle Ranching and Deforestation

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Type: Research Paper/Report or Journal Article
Website: http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/...
Author: Livestock Information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch of Animal Production and Health Division
Publisher: `Food and Agriculture Organization
Date published: Mon, Apr 23, 2007
Keywords: deforestation, global beef industry, cattle ranching, livestock, amazon, rainforests, logging
Country: United States
Scale of activity: Regional (international)

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Over the past quarter century, forests have been cleared from an area the size of India. Particularly in Central and South America, expansion of pastures for livestock production has been one of the driving forces behind this wholesale destruction.

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