Controlling the Ranching Boom that Threatens the Amazon

Controlling the Ranching Boom that Threatens the Amazon
August 10, 2009
By Rhett Butler, for Environment 360,
a publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

"Clearing land for cattle is responsible for 80 percent of rainforest loss in the Brazilian Amazon. But with Amazon ranching now a multi-billion dollar business, corporate buyers of beef and leather, including Wal-Mart, are starting to demand that the destruction of the forest be halted."

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