EATING UP THE AMAZON 1
EATING UP THE AMAZON 1
EATING UP THE AMAZON 1
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By 2050, current trends in agricultural<br />
expansion will eliminate a total of 40% of<br />
Amazon forests, including at least two thirds<br />
of the forest cover of six major watersheds<br />
and 12 ecoregions, releasing carbon into the<br />
atmosphere… equivalent to four years of<br />
current annual emissions world wide.<br />
Nature, March 2006 277