The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 211, Issues 1-3National Geographic Society., 2007 - Geography |
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Page 60
... forest for agribusiness against family farmers who clear small patches for crops but still depend on intact forest around them for survival . " What's happening today in Amazonia is a clash between two models of development , " said ...
... forest for agribusiness against family farmers who clear small patches for crops but still depend on intact forest around them for survival . " What's happening today in Amazonia is a clash between two models of development , " said ...
Page 68
... forest - was starkly revealed in cross section . Such vistas of geometric fields carved from vir- gin jungle have become commonplace in Pará and Mato Grosso as the soy frontier advances . While many of the incursions are illegal , many ...
... forest - was starkly revealed in cross section . Such vistas of geometric fields carved from vir- gin jungle have become commonplace in Pará and Mato Grosso as the soy frontier advances . While many of the incursions are illegal , many ...
Page 69
... forest produces not only half its own rainfall but much of the rain south of the Amazon and east of the Andes ) , carbon sequestering ( by holding and absorbing carbon dioxide , the forest mitigates global warming and cleanses the ...
... forest produces not only half its own rainfall but much of the rain south of the Amazon and east of the Andes ) , carbon sequestering ( by holding and absorbing carbon dioxide , the forest mitigates global warming and cleanses the ...
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