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Notice: Undefined variable: state in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/Rainforest_Destruction/Agribusiness/index.php on line 61 According to a report by Friends of the Earth, as much as 80 percent of global deforestation is caused by conversion of forests into agricultural land. Often, endangered rainforests are cleared to make way for new or expanding farms, and diverse tropical ecosystems are replaced with sterile mono-cultures. In Brazil, which houses one third of the Earth's remaining rainforest, the expansion of the agricultural frontier is the main cause of deforestation. [more] Agribusiness Topics:
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