What has driven deforestation in the 21st century

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What has driven deforestation in the 21st century

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What has driven deforestation in the 21st century?

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Agriculture has been the main driver of deforestation, but this has been concentrated in only a few commodities: mostly beef, palm oil, soy, and forestry products.

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It was beef, wasn’t it?

Yep, it was beef.

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