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Agriculture, Rio Sao Francisco, Brazil, South America
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The large field patterns in this view of the Rio Sao Francisco basin, Brazil, South America, (11.5S, 43.5W) indicate a commercial agriculture venture; family subsistence farms are much smaller and laid out in different patterns. Land clearing in Brazil has increased at an alarming rate in recent years and preliminary estimates suggest a 25 to 30% increase in deforestation since 1984. The long term impact on the ecological processes are still unknown.
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Credit lineAgriculture, Rio Sao Francisco, Brazil, South America. NASA/JSC, 1988-10-03. Public domain. ID: s26-43-049.
