The Economic Case for Amazon Rainforest Preservation
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gwintrob
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Summary
The article discusses the economic importance of preserving the Amazon rainforest, highlighting how it provides water for Brazil's agricultural sector and stores carbon globally. It describes the visible deforestation along the BR-010 highway in Pará state, where cattle now graze on cleared land, and notes that UN climate conference delegates visiting Belém will witness this environmental degradation firsthand.
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Heading south on the BR-010 highway into the interior of the state of Pará, they will soon reach vast open spaces cut out of dense tropical forest.
White zebu cattle with curved horns and humped backs huddle for shade under the few remaining trees, or forage in the scrubland.
It provides Brazil's world-beating farmers with water, and keeps carbon locked up for the rest of us.
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