Clearing the Amazon for cattle and soy a “boom-bust cycle”

Friday, June 12th 2009 - 18:15 UTC

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Cutting down Amazon forest for cattle and soy does not bring long-term economic progress, researchers say. A study of 286 Amazon municipalities found that deforestation brought quick benefits that were soon reversed. Read full article

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Bubba
Go figure, slash and burn, the economic model that brought down pre Colombian civilizations fails again. Like Socialism and Communism, doomed to repeat history..
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