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Degraded pastures in the Amazon

24/06/2024
15 million hectares of degraded pastures existed in 2020, in areas up to 60 km from the cold storage plants in the Amazon (Barreto et al., 2024).
Cita 15 millones de hectáreas de pastos degradados existían al 2020, en zonas hasta 60 km de los frigoríficos en la Amazonía (Barreto et al., 2024).
Fuente Barreto, P., Pereira, R., & Rocha, A. J. S. (2024). Da "escassez" à abundância: O caso da pecuária bovina na Amazônia. Amazônia 2030.

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