File:Drivers-of-forest-loss-in-the-Brazilean-Amazon.png

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English: The following chart shows what is driving the ongoing destruction of the world’s largest tropical forest: the Amazon. The expansion of agricultural land to raise cattle is the most important driver, by far.
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Source https://ourworldindata.org/global-forest-transition
Author Max Roser

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