InfoPAS – Número 1 – Ano 1 – Informativo do Projeto Assentamentos Sustentáveis na Amazônia (PAS). Brasília. 2013.
Solving Brazil's land use puzzle: Increasing production and slowing Amazon deforestation
Brazil has become an agricultural powerhouse, producing roughly 30 % of the world’s soy and 15 % of its beef by 2013 – yet historically much of that growth has come at the expense of its native ecosystems. Since 1985, pastures and croplands have replaced nearly 65...