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Rapid Decline of Deforestation in Brazil
December 14, 2009 | Woods Hole Research Center

A press release at Woods Hole Research Center explains how government actions and changes in agricultural markets in Brazil have reduced the rate of deforestation by 64 percent since 2005.


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