The region where the agricultural border advances towards the forest and also where the highest rates of deforestation of the Amazon are found. It corresponds to 500 thousand km² of land, going from the east and south of the Brazilian state of Pará towards the west, passing through the states of Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre.
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Carbon pools
Carbon pools
A component of the climate system in which the so-called greenhouse gases –or a precursor of greenhouse gas – are stored.