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Brazilian beef industry moves reduce its destruction rain forests
2015-05-12 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Expansion of cattle pastures has led to the destruction of huge swaths of rain forest in Brazil, home to the world's largest herd of commercial beef cattle. But a new study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Holly Gibbs shows that market-driven "zero deforestation agreements" have dramatically influenced the behavior of ranchers and the slaughterhouses to which they sell. Publishing in the journal Conservation Letters, the research team -- including other UW-Madison scientists, the National...
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