A 'Boom-and-Bust' Economy Based on Deforestation (4 of 4) (IMAGE)

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A 'Boom-and-Bust' Economy Based on Deforestation (4 of 4)

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Conversion of forest to intensive farming, such as soya, is now emerging as a major cause of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. This image accompanied the research, "Boom-and-Bust Development Patterns Across the Amazon Deforestation Frontier," by A.S.L. Rodrigues et al. appearing in the June 12, 2009 issue of Science.

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