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Brazil's soy moratorium dramatically reduced Amazon deforestation

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2015-01-26

The moratorium on forest conversion established by Brazilian soy giants in 2006 dramatically reduce deforestation for soy expansion in the Amazon, and have been more effective in cutting forest destruction than the government's land use policy in the region, finds a study published today in the journal Science.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0123-brazil-deforestation-soy-amazon-cerrado.html