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 Stories About: food and agriculture AND South America
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Holy Frijoles!
Burgeoning soybean market transforming South American environment |
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16 Dec 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Holy Frijoles! Burgeoning soybean market transforming South American environment The global market for soybeans is exploding, largely driven by massive demand from China, and the resulting modern-day agricultural gold rush is transforming the landscape in South America. Farmers are chopping down rainforests, colonizing savannahs, damming rivers, and digging canals, all in an effort to get more land to raise the crop, wh ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, South America (all these topics) |
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Cloud Nein
World's Cloud Forests Threatened |
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10 Feb 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Cloud Nein World's Cloud Forests Threatened The world's cloud forests, which strip moisture from clouds and supply millions of poor people in developing nations with fresh water, are in danger of being wiped out by climate change, claims a report released Monday by the U.N. and the Wor ... |
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| Topics: Africa, Asia, climate, Ecuador, food and agriculture, Indonesia, logging, Malaysia, Mexico, renewable energy, South America, United Nations, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics) |
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