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Bolivia's aggressive agricultural development plans threaten forests
2015-06-08 22:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Bolivia's government, supported by some small and most large producers, pushes to expand agricultural lands at the expense of the nation's environment. In April 2015, small-scale Bolivian farmers who painstakingly work the land as their ancestors did clearing small plots, planting and waiting for rain gathered for a summit with stakeholders from a very different part of the agricultural sector: commercial farmers who oversee vast farms and watch international exchange markets just as closely...
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