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Brazil's Cerrado savanna sacrificed in the name of industrial soya, maize farming

Brazil's Cerrado savanna sacrificed in the name of industrial soya, maize farming

Released Friday, 12th April 2024
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Brazil's Cerrado savanna sacrificed in the name of industrial soya, maize farming

Brazil's Cerrado savanna sacrificed in the name of industrial soya, maize farming

Brazil's Cerrado savanna sacrificed in the name of industrial soya, maize farming

Brazil's Cerrado savanna sacrificed in the name of industrial soya, maize farming

Friday, 12th April 2024
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has made saving the Amazon rainforest – now a key condition for a trade deal between the EU and South America's Mercosur bloc – a priority for his government. A year after Lula came to power, his gamble has paid off: deforestation has been halved in the Amazon. But this success comes at the cost of sacrificing another ecosystem that's just as vital to Brazil: the Cerrado. This savanna has already lost half of its natural vegetation due to intensive farming, notably for soya and maize. FRANCE 24's Fanny Lothaire, Louise Raulais and Anne-Laure Desarnauts report.

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