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Commodity boom extracting increasingly heavy toll on Amazon forests

2015-01-06 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: A commodity boom has helped pull millions out of poverty across South America over the past decade. It has also unleashed a new scramble for oil, minerals and cropland that is accelerating deforestation and fuelling a new wave of land conflicts from Colombia to Chile. Now, as prices for oil and other commodities slide, economists and environmental researchers warn that the loss of forest cover may be hastened, leading to new clashes as governments in the region try to maintain growth rates and...

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