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Cattle Grazing Is Now Causing Massive Deforestation Hotspots In The Peruvian Amazon

2016-07-19 23:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ThinkProgress: Deforestation in the Amazon has been a growing problem over the past five decades, with ranchers leading the way in clearing rainforest for cattle and cultivation. But while Brazil, the largest country in South America, seems on track to reduce deforestation, other major Amazonian countries like Peru are increasingly struggling to protect their share of the world`s largest rainforest. In fact, a new wave of deforestation is underway in the Huanuco region of central Peru, which now has the highest...

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