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Footprints – Identifying Mammals

Content extracted from the flyer Identificando mamíferos da Floresta de transição Amazônia-Cerrado [How to identify mammals from the Amazon-Cerrado Transition Forest]

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Family farming

Family farming

In Brazil, 4,367,902 family establishments, or 84.4% of all rural establishments, occupy 24.3% of the total area of rural establishments, or 80.25 million hectares, distributed in grasslands (45%), forests (28%) and crops (22%).