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Forests, farming, and sprawl: the struggle over land in an Amazonian metropolis

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2012-12-05

The city of Parauapebas, Brazil is booming: built over the remains of the Amazon rainforest, the metropolis has grown 75-fold in less than 25 years, from 2,000 people upwards of 150,000.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1204-hance-karimeh-moukaddem-interview.html