deforestation: Intensive farming of cleared land could save rest of the rainforest
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Brazil has cleared large parts of the rainforest for use as farmland, encouraging economic growth but causing environmental harm. Now researchers suggest that making intense use of already cleared land could avoid the need to fell any more trees
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Taxpayer-funded deforestation and land-grabbing • Friends of the Earth
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Deforestation deal leaves forests still at critical risk
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Watch: What Happens When the Forest Disappears? - Yale E360
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deforestation: Intensive farming of cleared land could save rest of the rainforest
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Watch: What Happens When the Forest Disappears? – Mother Jones
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Factory farming is endangering wildlife
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Ranchers and farmers are destroying the rainforest. Is Bolsonaro
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Rate of deforestation in Indonesia overtakes Brazil, says study
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deforestation: Intensive farming of cleared land could save
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Deforestation, Agriculture, and Diet Are Fuelling the Climate
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Deforestation: Facts, causes & effects
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Ranchers and farmers are destroying the rainforest. Is Bolsonaro
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Deforestation is slowing, but palm oil still major driver