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The cattle industry is the leading driver of deforestation in the Amazon region. An estimated 65–80 percent of deforested land is used for cattle pastures.
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Metaphorically speaking, the vast tropical rainforest in South America’s Amazon River basin is often called the “lungs of the planet.” Some people claim that the Amazon Rainforest alone is responsible for 20 percent of Earth’s oxygen, but is this really true? As the region experiences more fires in
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