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Greenpeace score big wins against illegal deforestation in Brazil

by Tom Raftery on July 7, 2009 · 4 comments

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GreenPeace released a damning report last month called Slaughtering the Amazon in which it detailed how the Brazilian cattle sector is the largest driver of deforestation in the world.
In this shocking exposé Greenpeace detailed how:

Cattle are responsible for about 80% of all deforestation’ in the Amazon region. In recent years, on average [...]

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