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Re:Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest continues to plunge by Azek on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @07:56PM (#37503193)
So 3,079,600 ha per annum for Animal Ag vs 760,400 ha for everything else.

That's roughly 75:25

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Re:Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest continues to plunge by hinkley on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @10:03PM (#37504072)
WWF claims that the soy farmers buy land from the ranchers. The cattle ranches burn new forest to replace the farmland they sold.

Bloody hands all around.

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