Articles by Lucas Ferrante and Philip M. Fearnside

Sugarcane threatens Amazon forest and world climate; Brazilian ethanol is not clean (commentary)

by Lucas Ferrante and Philip M. Fearnside 18 November 2019

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is opening the Amazon and Pantanal wetland biomes to sugarcane production, risking deforestation and intensified carbon emissions.

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