New data from 1985 to 2022 shows a 50% growth in Brazilian farming. This expansion now covers 10.6% of the country, says a MapBiomas study Initially, it was 22% or 187.3 million hectares. Now, it’s one-third of Brazil’s national territory at 282.5 million hectares. If correct, this would be larger than all of Argentina (278 […]
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