Watch cattle ranchers in Llanos, Venezuela, perform controlled burns to make grazing possible for their herds
Ranchers in Venezuela raising cattle on the Llanos.
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NARRATOR: North of Brazil, across the llanos of Venezuela, pioneers are ranching on grassland once considered unproductive.
At the end of the dry season, grass is burned so that the herds can reach the short new grass, which will come up with the arrival of the rains.
Though fatal to the rainforest, fire brings new life to the llanos of Venezuela.
At the end of the dry season, grass is burned so that the herds can reach the short new grass, which will come up with the arrival of the rains.
Though fatal to the rainforest, fire brings new life to the llanos of Venezuela.