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LIVESTOCK . POLICY BRIEF 03. Photo: Rogerio M. Mauricio/LEAD. Cattle ranching and deforestation During the 1990s, the portion of the globe covered by forests shrank by an estimated 94 000 square kilometres a year, an area roughly the size of Portugal. Most of the land that was cleared and burned was converted to growing crops and grazing Over the past quarter century, LIVESTOCK (graph 1). In Latin America, in particular, forests have been cleared most of the deforested land ended up as pasture from an area the size of India. used to raise cattle in extensive grazing systems. Particularly in Central and South Typically, the deforestation process starts when America, expansion of pastures for roads are cut through the forest, opening it up LIVESTOCK production has been one of for logging and mining. Once the forest along the road has been cleared, commercial or subsistence the driving forces behind this wholesale farmers move in and start growing crops.
LIVESTOCK03 POLICY BRIEF Livestock Information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch Animal Production and Health Division Cattle ranching and deforestation
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