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Report: Cattle Farming Biggest Threat to Amazon

Published on 31 Mar 2004

BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Booming Brazilian beef exports could be the main culprit behind a sharp rise in deforestation of the Amazon jungle as cattle farmers cut deeper into the forests, a leading research institute said on Friday. The report, "Hamburger connection Fuels Amazon Destruction," by the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research was released as environmentalists feared the latest Amazon destruction rates could be the highest ever.