Abstract:Brazilian Amazon-the race is on Brazil's Amazon forest was largely intact (98-99%) until the early 1970s, up to which time 'only' an area about the size of Portugal had been converted. Since then the Brazilian government has promoted infrastructure for transport (highways, waterways and railways) and energy (four hydroelectric dams to date). These investments have brought soaring deforestation through logging, cattle ranching, mining, and more recently agriculture, especially soybean, and has resulted in a mas… Show more
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