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    Commentary: It turns out ranching doesn’t have to destroy the Amazon rainforest

    Can ranchers help rescue the Amazon? It’s an ecosystem like no other. One 19th century explorer called it “the last page of Genesis, yet to be written.” Brazil has been busy drafting that page ever since, sometimes to alarming results. A fifth of the rainforest has been cleared for farms, cattle grazing and ambitious development schemes such as highways and megadams, too often by lawless means ...
    by Mac Margolis and Robert Muggah, Los Angeles Times Jul 06, 2023 3 minutes
    A cowboy drives buffaloes at the Acaizal ranch that belongs to the buffalo breeder Geraldo Pedro, who introduced the breeding of buffalos in the region to produce cheese and meat, at the city of Parauapebas, Para state, Brazil, on Sept. 19, 2021.

    Can ranchers help rescue the Amazon?

    It’s an ecosystem like no other. One 19th century explorer called it “the last page of Genesis, yet to be written.” Brazil has been busy drafting that page ever since, sometimes to alarming results.

    A fifth of the rainforest has been cleared for farms, cattle grazing and ambitious development schemes such as highways and megadams, too often by lawless means and for only fleeting wealth. Unless the economy, governance and culture of the region undergo a fundamental reset, scientists fear, the

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