Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia: what are the causes and are we to blame?

Humans need space to grow crops (so-called slash-and-burn agriculture), to give the livestock a place to grow and live. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has calculated that 10 million hectares of forest are cut down every year. Brazil and India have one of the highest rates of deforestation and surprisingly, we are to blame. While analysing …

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