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Hopefully you’ve gotten the message that expansion of beef cattle pastures are responsible for the majority of new deforestation in the Amazon. And hopefully have heard the good news that Brazil’s largest supermarket chains, as well as the World Bank, have taken steps to help stop that. Well, it’s all not so simple, accordin…
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