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| Description: Natural capital degradation. This was once a large area of diverse tropical rain forest in Brazil, but it has now been cleared to grow soybeans. According to ecologist Harold Mooney of Stanford University, conservative estimates suggest that between 1992 and 2008, an area of tropical rain forest larger than the U.S. state of California was destroyed in order to graze cattle and plant crops for food and biofuels. Picture Stats: Views: 1173 Filesize: 99.29kB Height: 671 Width: 1003 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=8869 |